U+0C0C "ఌ" Telugu Letter Vocalic L Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0C0C "ఌ" Telugu Letter Vocalic L is a rare and archaic character representing a syllabic form of the consonant 'L' that functions as a vowel in the Telugu script, used primarily in ancient or liturgical contexts such as Sanskrit transliteration rather than in modern Telugu speech. It belongs to the Telugu block of Unicode and is classified as a vowel letter, with a distinct glyph that resembles a stylized "ఌ" shape, which combines the consonant base with a vowel marker. This character is part of a set of vocalic consonants historically employed to write Dravidian and Sanskrit words, but it is infrequently encountered in contemporary digital typography or everyday writing, making it a specialized marker for linguistic or scholarly transcription.

General Properties

Code Point U+0C0C
Version Added 1.1
Name Telugu Letter Vocalic L
Block Telugu
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ఌ
HTML Hex Encoding ఌ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB0 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0C0C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000C0C
C/C++/Java Escape \u0c0c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Telugu
Script Extensions Telugu
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Independent
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter