What ဗ means
ဗ is the Burmese consonant ba. It carries an unwritten “a” vowel; attached signs can change it or mark another consonant, an ending, or tone.
A South Indian script related to Brahmi, an ancient South Asian writing system, was borrowed about the eighth century to write Mon. The first Myanmar-script inscription dates to the eleventh century and uses nearly the same letters as Mon inscriptions. Myanmar writing later served Burmese, Mon, Karen, Shan, Pali, and Sanskrit, including Buddhist texts.
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Who writes ဗ
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Don't confuse it with
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Alphabet
Questions people ask
1why does this character look wrong?
It can. As of 2026, a Unicode/Zawgyi mismatch (Zawgyi is an older Myanmar text system) or a missing Myanmar font can show wrong shapes or a box.
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Collections with ဗ
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How to type or find ဗ
- Search it as
- ဗ · ba · Burmese ba · Myanmar script · ဘ · Zawgyi
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
ဗCSS
\1017Burmese keyboard
How to type ဗ: Use a Burmese Unicode keyboard layout; the keystroke depends on the layout, not Unicode.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ဗ
HTML hex
ဗ
CSS content
content: "\1017";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%80%97
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.