U+0C61 "ౡ" Telugu Letter Vocalic Ll Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ౡ
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 |