U+0C08 "ఈ" Telugu Letter Ii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ఈ
U+0C08 "ఈ" Telugu Letter Ii is a vowel in the Telugu script, representing the long vowel sound /iː/, akin to the 'ee' in the English word "see." It is used in the Telugu language, primarily spoken in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and appears in various contexts, such as at the beginning of words like "ఈర" meaning water or in the middle as in "నీరు" for water. This character has a distinct rightward-curving shape that distinguishes it from other Telugu vowels, and it is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Telugu block, ensuring consistent representation across digital platforms for writing and processing Telugu text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C08 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Telugu Letter Ii |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ఈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ఈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB0 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C08 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C08 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c08 |