U+0C2A "ప" Telugu Letter Pa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ప
U+0C2A "ప" Telugu Letter Pa is a character in the Telugu script used to write the sound "pa," which is an unvoiced, unaspirated bilabial stop consonant. It is classified as a consonant in the Telugu abugida, where it represents the consonant itself or the syllable "pa" when not modified by a vowel diacritic. This character is part of the Unicode block for Telugu, supporting the writing of the Telugu language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Its visual design features a circular curve with a top loop, typical of many Telugu letters, distinguishing it from similar characters like the aspirated "pha."
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C2A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Telugu Letter Pa |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ప |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ప |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB0 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C2A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C2A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c2a |