U+0C5C "" Telugu Archaic Shrii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+0C5C "" Telugu Archaic Shrii is a specialized glyph from the Telugu script block, used historically as an ornamental or honorific symbol representing the syllable "shrii" (often associated with wealth, prosperity, or reverence) in older Telugu texts and inscriptions. It differs from the modern standard Telugu representation of "shrii" by its stylized, archaic form, which is now largely obsolete in contemporary writing but preserved in Unicode for scholarly, historical, and digital documentation purposes. This character allows for the accurate encoding of ancient manuscripts, religious documents, or regal decrees where such a distinguished mark was employed to denote auspiciousness or high status.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C5C |
| Version Added | 17.0 |
| Name | Telugu Archaic Shrii |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ౜ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ౜ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB1 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C5C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c5c |