U+0C7C "౼" Telugu Fraction Digit One for Even Powers of Four Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0C7C "౼" Telugu Fraction Digit One for Even Powers of Four is a specialized numeral used in the traditional Telugu numerical system to represent the fraction 1 for even powers of four, such as 1/16 (4^-2) or 1/256 (4^-4), rather than a standard decimal fraction. It belongs to the Telugu block of Unicode and serves as a unique part of a historical or mathematical script used for measuring land, grain, or other quantities in South Indian contexts. This character is distinct from ordinary digits and highlights the sophisticated fractional notation developed in Telugu linguistics, though it is rarely used in modern digital communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C7C |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Telugu Fraction Digit One for Even Powers of Four |
| Block | Telugu |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ౼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ౼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB1 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C7C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C7C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c7c |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 1 |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Telugu |
| Script Extensions | Telugu |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |