U+0C02 "ం" Telugu Sign Anusvara Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ం
U+0C02 "ం" Telugu Sign Anusvara is a combining diacritical mark used in the Telugu script to represent the anusvara, a nasalization sound that typically occurs before a consonant in a syllable. This character appears as a small circle placed above or attached to a base character, indicating that the preceding vowel or consonant is pronounced with a nasal quality. It is an essential part of Telugu orthography, appearing in words to denote a nasal stop, such as when representing Sanskrit loanwords or native Telugu terms. The anusvara functions as a modifier for syllable structure rather than an independent letter, and its correct placement is crucial for accurate phonetics and spelling in the Telugu writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C02 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Telugu Sign Anusvara |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ం |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ం |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB0 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C02 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C02 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c02 |