U+0C14 "ఔ" Telugu Letter Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0C14 "ఔ" Telugu Letter Au is a vowel in the Telugu script, representing the diphthong sound /au/ as in the English word "out." It is used in the Telugu language, primarily spoken in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, to form syllables and words by combining with consonant characters, often appearing in both native vocabulary and loanwords. The character is structured with a distinct curved shape and a top horizontal line typical of Telugu script, and it functions as an independent vowel letter, not requiring a modifier to convey its full sound when used at the beginning of a syllable.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C14 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Telugu Letter Au |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ఔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ఔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB0 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C14 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C14 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c14 |