U+09F1 "ৱ" Bengali Letter Ra with Lower Diagonal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+09F1 "ৱ" Bengali Letter Ra with Lower Diagonal is a variant of the Bengali letter Ra, primarily used in the Assamese language and sometimes in other eastern Indic scripts, where it represents a distinct retroflex or rhotic sound that differs from the standard Bengali Ra. This character features a unique diagonal stroke below the main letterform, which visually distinguishes it from the common Bengali letter Ra and indicates its specific phonetic role. It belongs to the Bengali Unicode block and is encoded for digital text representation in languages such as Assamese, where it is essential for accurately writing words that require this particular consonant.
General Properties
Code Point
U+09F1
Name
Bengali Letter Ra with Lower Diagonal
Unicode 1.0 Name
Bengali Letter Va with Lower Diagonal
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ৱ
HTML Hex Encoding
ৱ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xA7 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding
0x09F1
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000009F1
C/C++/Java Escape
\u09f1
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bengali