U+0C48 "ై" Telugu Vowel Sign Ai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0C48 "ై" Telugu Vowel Sign Ai is a combining diacritical mark used in the Telugu script, which is an abugida native to India, primarily for the Telugu language. It represents the long vowel sound "ai," similar to the 'i' in "time," and is placed above the consonant it modifies to alter its inherent vowel, forming syllables like కై (kai). As part of the Telugu block in Unicode, this character ensures digital representation and interchange of the script, supporting the accurate rendering of Telugu text in computing and typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C48 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Telugu Vowel Sign Ai |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ె" U+0C46 Telugu Vowel Sign E "ౖ" U+0C56 Telugu Ai Length Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ై |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ై |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB1 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C48 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C48 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c48 |