U+0B37 "ଷ" Oriya Letter Ssa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+0B37 "ଷ" Oriya Letter Ssa is a consonant used in the Odia script, which is primarily employed for writing the Odia language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It represents a voiceless sibilant sound, specifically a retroflex or postalveolar fricative similar to the English “sh” but pronounced with the tongue curled back. This letter is part of the Oriya block in the Unicode Standard and is typically used in combination with vowel signs or diacritics to form syllables in Odia texts. Its presence is essential for accurately representing words in Odia literature, official documents, and everyday communication.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0B37
Name
Oriya Letter Ssa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ଷ
HTML Hex Encoding
ଷ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xAC 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0B37
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000B37
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0b37
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Oriya