TELUGU LETTER II·U+0C08

Character Information

Code Point
U+0C08
HEX
0C08
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E0 B0 88
11100000 10110000 10001000
UTF16 (big Endian)
0C 08
00001100 00001000
UTF16 (little Endian)
08 0C
00001000 00001100
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 0C 08
00000000 00000000 00001100 00001000
UTF32 (little Endian)
08 0C 00 00
00001000 00001100 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ఈ
URI Encoded
%E0%B0%88

Description

The Unicode character U+0C08, known as the Telugu Letter II (ఢ), plays a significant role in the Telugu script, an abugida writing system predominantly used in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In digital text, this character is used to represent the consonant 'ḍ' with a secondary articulation at the tip of the tongue. As part of the Telugu script, U+0C08 contributes to the rich linguistic heritage of the Telugu language, which belongs to the Dravidian family of languages and has over 75 million speakers worldwide. This character, along with other characters in the Unicode range from U+0C00 to U+0C7F, enables accurate representation and transmission of text in the Telugu script on digital platforms, supporting communication and preservation of cultural identity for Telugu-speaking communities.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 3080 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+0C08. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
    Where the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+0C08 to binary: 00001100 00001000. Those are the payload bits.

  3. Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:

    Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
    11100000 10110000 10001000