# U+09CD BENGALI SIGN VIRAMA

Bengali virama, also called hasant, a mark that kills a consonant's inherent vowel and joins consonants into conjuncts.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+09CD |
| Name | BENGALI SIGN VIRAMA |
| Also known as | hasant (Bengali term for halant) |
| Block | [Bengali](https://unicodekit.com/block/bengali) |
| Script | Bengali |
| Category | Nonspacing Mark (Mn) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `্` `্` |
| CSS | `\9CD` |
| JavaScript | `\u09CD` |
| UTF-8 | E0 A7 8D |
| UTF-16 | 09CD |

## Related characters

- [U+09CC BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AU](https://unicodekit.com/char/09CC)
- ৎ [U+09CE BENGALI LETTER KHANDA TA](https://unicodekit.com/char/09CE)
- [U+09CB BENGALI VOWEL SIGN O](https://unicodekit.com/char/09CB)
- [U+09C8 BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AI](https://unicodekit.com/char/09C8)
- [U+09C7 BENGALI VOWEL SIGN E](https://unicodekit.com/char/09C7)
- [U+09C4 BENGALI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RR](https://unicodekit.com/char/09C4)
- [U+09C3 BENGALI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R](https://unicodekit.com/char/09C3)
- [U+09D7 BENGALI AU LENGTH MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/09D7)
- [U+09C2 BENGALI VOWEL SIGN UU](https://unicodekit.com/char/09C2)
- [U+09C1 BENGALI VOWEL SIGN U](https://unicodekit.com/char/09C1)
- [U+09C0 BENGALI VOWEL SIGN II](https://unicodekit.com/char/09C0)
- [U+09BF BENGALI VOWEL SIGN I](https://unicodekit.com/char/09BF)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/09CD · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/09CD