TELUGU VOWEL SIGN O·U+0C4A

Character Information

Code Point
U+0C4A
HEX
0C4A
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Nonspacing Mark

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E0 B1 8A
11100000 10110001 10001010
UTF16 (big Endian)
0C 4A
00001100 01001010
UTF16 (little Endian)
4A 0C
01001010 00001100
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 0C 4A
00000000 00000000 00001100 01001010
UTF32 (little Endian)
4A 0C 00 00
01001010 00001100 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ొ
URI Encoded
%E0%B1%8A

Description

The character U+0C4A, known as TELUGU VOWEL SIGN O, plays a crucial role in the Telugu script, an abugida writing system predominantly used for the Telugu language, which is primarily spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In digital text, this character serves to denote the vowel sound 'o', as part of the phonemic structure in the Telugu language. It is an essential component of the script's system for representing vowels, where consonants are combined with these vowel signs to form syllables. U+0C4A's accurate representation and usage in digital text contribute significantly to preserving and promoting the rich cultural heritage of the Telugu language and its speakers.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 3146 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+0C4A. 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+0C4A to binary: 00001100 01001010. 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 10110001 10001010