U+0C15 "క" Telugu Letter Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
క
U+0C15 "క" Telugu Letter Ka is the first consonant in the Telugu abugida, representing the sound "ka" as in "karma." It is a fundamental character used in the Telugu script, which is employed to write the Telugu language spoken primarily in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. This character belongs to the Telugu block in Unicode, encoded at hexadecimal position 0C15, and its glyph typically features a distinctive curved shape with a top horizontal bar, characteristic of the script's visual style. As a consonant with an inherent vowel "a," "క" can combine with various vowel diacritics to form other syllables, making it essential for spelling a wide range of words in Telugu literature and everyday communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C15 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Telugu Letter Ka |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | క |
| HTML Hex Encoding | క |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB0 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C15 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C15 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c15 |