U+0B94 "ஔ" Tamil Letter Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ஔ
U+0B94 "ஔ" Tamil Letter Au is a vowel character used in the Tamil script, representing the long vowel sound /au/ as heard in the English word "loud." It is the twelfth vowel in the Tamil abugida and is typically formed by combining the vowel marker for 'au' with a consonant base. This character appears in classical and modern Tamil texts, including literature, religious works, and everyday writing, and it plays a role in distinguishing word meanings through its distinct phonetic value. Its encoded form in Unicode allows for consistent digital representation across different platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0B94 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Tamil Letter Au |
| Block | Tamil |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ஒ" U+0B92 Tamil Letter O "ௗ" U+0BD7 Tamil Au Length Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ஔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ஔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAE 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0B94 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000B94 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0b94 |