U+0914 "औ" Devanagari Letter Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+0914 "औ" Devanagari Letter Au is a vowel in the Devanagari script used for languages such as Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit. It represents the diphthong sound /əu/ or /au/, similar to the vowel sound in the English word "cow," and is graphically formed by combining the Devanagari letter of the independent vowel sound with a distinctive curved stroke and a small mark above. As an independent character, it is used at the beginning of words or syllables, while in its dependent form, known as the matra "ौ," it appears as a diacritic attached to consonants. This character holds significant importance in representing native Sanskrit and Indo-Aryan vocabulary, distinguishing it from the shorter vowel "ओ" and functioning as one of the primary vowels in the Devanagari abugida.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
औ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
औ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE0 0xA4 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x0914 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00000914 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u0914 |
Unicode Properties