U+0C61 "ౡ" Telugu Letter Vocalic Ll Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0C61 "ౡ" Telugu Letter Vocalic Ll is a rarely used character in the Telugu script, representing a vocalic or syllabic consonant sound that functions as a vowel, specifically the long version of the vocalic L sound. It is distinct from the more common consonant L and is primarily found in the transliteration of Sanskrit loanwords and ancient linguistic contexts, where it denotes a prolonged vocalic form that is not prevalent in modern spoken Telugu. This character is part of the Unicode block for Telugu script and serves a historic and phonetic role in accurately representing certain classical texts and scholarly works.

General Properties

Code Point U+0C61
Version Added 1.1
Name Telugu Letter Vocalic Ll
Block Telugu
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ౡ
HTML Hex Encoding ౡ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB1 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0C61
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000C61
C/C++/Java Escape \u0c61

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Telugu
Script Extensions Telugu
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Independent
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter