U+0C2E "మ" Telugu Letter Ma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
మ
U+0C2E "మ" Telugu Letter Ma is a character in the Telugu script, used primarily to write the Dravidian language Telugu in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It represents the consonant sound "ma" and functions as a syllabic base, typically combining with vowel diacritics to form various complex syllables in the Telugu abugida. This letter is part of the Unicode block "Telugu," which encodes the script’s characters from U+0C00 to U+0C7F, and it is visually distinguished by a curved top stroke and a small loop, following the rounded cursive style characteristic of the Telugu writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C2E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Telugu Letter Ma |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | మ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | మ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB0 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C2E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C2E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c2e |