# U+0BCD TAMIL SIGN VIRAMA

Tamil virama, called pulli, a dot-like mark above a consonant that cancels its inherent vowel so it is pronounced alone.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+0BCD |
| Name | TAMIL SIGN VIRAMA |
| Also known as | pulli |
| Block | [Tamil](https://unicodekit.com/block/tamil) |
| Script | Tamil |
| Category | Nonspacing Mark (Mn) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `்` `்` |
| CSS | `\BCD` |
| JavaScript | `\u0BCD` |
| UTF-8 | E0 AF 8D |
| UTF-16 | 0BCD |

## Related characters

- [U+0BCC TAMIL VOWEL SIGN AU](https://unicodekit.com/char/0BCC)
- [U+0BCB TAMIL VOWEL SIGN OO](https://unicodekit.com/char/0BCB)
- [U+0BCA TAMIL VOWEL SIGN O](https://unicodekit.com/char/0BCA)
- ௐ [U+0BD0 TAMIL OM](https://unicodekit.com/char/0BD0)
- [U+0BC8 TAMIL VOWEL SIGN AI](https://unicodekit.com/char/0BC8)
- [U+0BC7 TAMIL VOWEL SIGN EE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0BC7)
- [U+0BC6 TAMIL VOWEL SIGN E](https://unicodekit.com/char/0BC6)
- [U+0BD7 TAMIL AU LENGTH MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0BD7)
- [U+0BC2 TAMIL VOWEL SIGN UU](https://unicodekit.com/char/0BC2)
- [U+0BC1 TAMIL VOWEL SIGN U](https://unicodekit.com/char/0BC1)
- [U+0BC0 TAMIL VOWEL SIGN II](https://unicodekit.com/char/0BC0)
- [U+0BBF TAMIL VOWEL SIGN I](https://unicodekit.com/char/0BBF)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0BCD · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0BCD