# অ U+0985 BENGALI LETTER A

Bengali independent vowel letter A, the first vowel of the Bengali alphabet.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `অ` |
| Codepoint | U+0985 |
| Name | BENGALI LETTER A |
| Block | [Bengali](https://unicodekit.com/block/bengali) |
| Script | Bengali |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `&#2437;` `&#x985;` |
| CSS | `\985` |
| JavaScript | `\u0985` |
| UTF-8 | E0 A6 85 |
| UTF-16 | 0985 |

## Related characters

- আ [U+0986 BENGALI LETTER AA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0986)
- [U+0983 BENGALI SIGN VISARGA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0983)
- ই [U+0987 BENGALI LETTER I](https://unicodekit.com/char/0987)
- [U+0982 BENGALI SIGN ANUSVARA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0982)
- ঈ [U+0988 BENGALI LETTER II](https://unicodekit.com/char/0988)
- [U+0981 BENGALI SIGN CANDRABINDU](https://unicodekit.com/char/0981)
- উ [U+0989 BENGALI LETTER U](https://unicodekit.com/char/0989)
- ঀ [U+0980 BENGALI ANJI](https://unicodekit.com/char/0980)
- ঊ [U+098A BENGALI LETTER UU](https://unicodekit.com/char/098A)
- ঋ [U+098B BENGALI LETTER VOCALIC R](https://unicodekit.com/char/098B)
- ঌ [U+098C BENGALI LETTER VOCALIC L](https://unicodekit.com/char/098C)
- এ [U+098F BENGALI LETTER E](https://unicodekit.com/char/098F)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0985 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0985
