U+0C41 "ు" Telugu Vowel Sign U Unicode Character

U+0C41 "ు" Telugu Vowel Sign U is a combining diacritical mark used in the Telugu script to represent the short vowel sound "u" as in the English word "put." Known as a vowel sign or matra, it is placed below a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel sound, transforming a consonant like క (ka) into కు (ku). This character is distinct from the independent vowel form ఉ (U+0C09) and is essential for accurately writing and reading Telugu, a Dravidian language of South India, as it appears in countless words to denote the short /u/ phoneme.