BENGALI LETTER TA·U+09A4

Character Information

Code Point
U+09A4
HEX
09A4
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E0 A6 A4
11100000 10100110 10100100
UTF16 (big Endian)
09 A4
00001001 10100100
UTF16 (little Endian)
A4 09
10100100 00001001
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 09 A4
00000000 00000000 00001001 10100100
UTF32 (little Endian)
A4 09 00 00
10100100 00001001 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ত
URI Encoded
%E0%A6%A4

Description

The character U+09A4, known as the Bengali Letter Ta (ট), is a crucial element in digital typography, particularly within the Bengali script. It is a consonant in the Gurmukhi and Bengali writing systems, which are used predominantly in the Indian subcontinent for various regional languages. In the Unicode standard, U+09A4 represents this specific character. Typically, it is used to denote the voiceless alveolar stop in written forms of these languages, contributing significantly to their phonetics and pronunciation. The Bengali script, which uses the Ta character, is part of the Indic script family, and its evolution has been marked by a blend of Sanskrit and Perso-Arabic scripts over the centuries. As such, U+09A4 plays a critical role in digital text, ensuring the accurate representation and communication of linguistic nuances across various platforms and applications.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 2468 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+09A4. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
    Where the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+09A4 to binary: 00001001 10100100. Those are the payload bits.

  3. Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:

    Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
    11100000 10100110 10100100