U+0C47 "ే" Telugu Vowel Sign Ee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ే
U+0C47 "ే" Telugu Vowel Sign Ee is a combining diacritical mark used in the Telugu script to represent the long vowel sound "eː". It is a dependent vowel sign, meaning it is placed above and to the right of a consonant character, such as క (ka), to modify its inherent vowel into the long Ee sound, resulting in కే (kay). This character is essential for accurately writing many words in the Telugu language, where it distinguishes meaning and correct pronunciation, such as in the word మేక (mēka) for "goat".
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C47 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Telugu Vowel Sign Ee |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ే |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ే |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB1 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C47 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C47 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c47 |