U+0C4C "ౌ" Telugu Vowel Sign Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0C4C "ౌ" Telugu Vowel Sign Au is a combining diacritical mark used in the Telugu script to represent the long vowel sound "au", analogous to the "ow" in "cow". It is positioned above and to the right of a base consonant character, modifying its inherent vowel sound to create the "au" diphthong. This sign is an integral part of the Telugu abugida, allowing writers to accurately transcribe the full range of vocalic sounds in the Telugu language, and it appears in words and texts across various domains including literature, daily communication, and digital content.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C4C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Telugu Vowel Sign Au |
| 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 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C4C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C4C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c4c |