U+0C55 "ౕ" Telugu Length Mark Unicode Character

U+0C55 "ౕ" Telugu Length Mark is a combining diacritical mark used in the Telugu script to indicate the lengthening of a preceding consonant or vowel sound, specifically serving to extend the duration of a syllable’s core vowel element. It is applied above or attached to the base character and is distinct from other vowel length markers in Telugu, functioning as a phonetic modifier to distinguish meaning or grammatical form in written Telugu. This mark is part of the Telugu block in Unicode and is essential for accurately representing certain lexical and phonological features of the language in digital text.