U+0C05 "అ" Telugu Letter A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
అ
U+0C05 "అ" Telugu Letter A is the first letter of the Telugu abugida, representing the inherent vowel sound /a/ that is fundamental to the script. It serves as an independent vowel character, distinct from the diacritical form used to modify consonants, and is a cornerstone of Telugu orthography used in writing the Dravidian language of Telugu, primarily spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. This character’s design features a distinctive circular top and a curved descending stroke, and it often appears at the start of words or as a base for vowel modifications in Telugu text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C05 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Telugu Letter A |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | అ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | అ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB0 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C05 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C05 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c05 |