U+0C38 "స" Telugu Letter Sa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
స
U+0C38 "స" Telugu Letter Sa is a character in the Telugu script used primarily in the Telugu language of southern India, where it represents the consonant sound "sa." This letter is part of the abugida writing system of Telugu, meaning it carries an inherent vowel sound that is modified or suppressed by diacritical marks when combined with other vowels. Historically derived from the Brahmi script, "స" plays a fundamental role in forming both native Telugu words and Sanskrit loanwords integrated into the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C38 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Telugu Letter Sa |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | స |
| HTML Hex Encoding | స |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB0 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C38 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C38 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c38 |