U+09E2 "ৢ" Bengali Vowel Sign Vocalic L Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+09E2 "ৢ" Bengali Vowel Sign Vocalic L is a combining diacritical mark used in the Bengali script to represent a vocalic 'L' sound, a rare vowel typically found in Sanskrit loanwords and ancient linguistic contexts rather than modern Bengali usage. It appears as a small sign attached below a consonant letter, modifying its pronunciation to include a syllabic 'l' sound, similar to the vowel inherent in the Sanskrit vocalic 'L'. This character is part of the Bengali block in Unicode and is rarely encountered in contemporary digital text, primarily serving scholarly or historical transcription purposes.
General Properties
Code Point
U+09E2
Name
Bengali Vowel Sign Vocalic L
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ৢ
HTML Hex Encoding
ৢ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA7 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding
0x09E2
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000009E2
C/C++/Java Escape
\u09e2
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bengali