U+0B8A "ஊ" Tamil Letter Uu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+0B8A "ஊ" Tamil Letter Uu is a vowel in the Tamil script representing the long vowel sound /uː/, similar to the "oo" in the English word "cool". It is derived from the short vowel "உ" (U) and is used as an independent character at the beginning of words or syllables, while also appearing as a dependent vowel sign attached to consonants. This character is part of the Tamil block in Unicode, which supports digital encoding for the modern Tamil language and its ancient literature.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0B8A
Name
Tamil Letter Uu
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ஊ
HTML Hex Encoding
ஊ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xAE 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0B8A
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000B8A
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0b8a
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Tamil