U+0C8F "ಏ" Kannada Letter Ee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0C8F "ಏ" Kannada Letter Ee is a vowel character used in the Kannada script, which is primarily employed for writing the Kannada language of southern India. This character represents the long vowel sound "ee" or "ē," similar to the "ay" in the English word "say" but held longer, and it is an essential component of the Kannada abugida, where it modifies the inherent "a" vowel of consonant characters through distinct diacritic marks. As a standalone letter, it begins syllables or words with this specific vowel sound, and its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures proper digital representation and exchange of Kannada text across modern computing platforms, preserving the script’s linguistic and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C8F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Kannada Letter Ee |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ಏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ಏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB2 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C8F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C8F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c8f |