U+0CCA "ೊ" Kannada Vowel Sign O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ೊ
U+0CCA "ೊ" Kannada Vowel Sign O is a combining diacritical mark used in the Kannada script to form the vowel sound "o" when attached to a consonant letter. It modifies a base consonant by altering its inherent vowel, appearing as a distinctive curved symbol placed above and to the right of the consonant. This character is essential for writing many common Kannada words, such as "ಕೊ" (ko) in the word "ಕೊಡು" (give), and it originates from the Brahmic family of scripts, where it functions as a dependent vowel sign rather than an independent letter. Its usage follows well-defined Unicode sequences, combining with a preceding consonant character to create a valid syllable in the Kannada writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0CCA |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Kannada Vowel Sign O |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ೆ" U+0CC6 Kannada Vowel Sign E "ೂ" U+0CC2 Kannada Vowel Sign Uu |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ೊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ೊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB3 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0CCA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000CCA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0cca |