U+0C5A "ౚ" Telugu Letter Rrra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ౚ
U+0C5A "ౚ" Telugu Letter Rrra is a rarely used or obsolete character in the Telugu script, primarily found in historical or liturgical contexts to represent a retroflex or heavily trilled 'r' sound distinct from the standard Telugu consonants. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures the accurate digital representation and preservation of ancient Telugu manuscripts, inscriptions, and other textual artifacts where this specific phonetic variant appears. As a special character, it is not commonly used in modern Telugu writing or everyday communication, making it primarily of interest to scholars of historical linguistics and paleography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C5A |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Telugu Letter Rrra |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ౚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ౚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB1 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C5A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C5A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c5a |