U+0C62 "ౢ" Telugu Vowel Sign Vocalic L Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0C62 "ౢ" Telugu Vowel Sign Vocalic L is a combining diacritical mark used in the Telugu script to represent a vocalic L sound, a syllabic consonant that functions as a vowel in linguistic contexts, particularly in Sanskrit loanwords and scholarly transliterations. This character is placed after a consonant base character to modify its inherent vowel sound into the vocalic L, appearing as a small pendant-like mark attached to the top of the consonant's main body. It is part of the Telugu block in the Unicode standard and is distinct from the similar vowel sign for vocalic R, serving a specific phonetic role in the accurate representation of ancient and liturgical texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C62 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Telugu Vowel Sign Vocalic L |
| 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 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C62 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C62 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c62 |