The Telugu script is used for the Telugu language, which belongs to the Dravidian group and is used by the majority of people in the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh. You can find some real (non-Unicode) Telugu text at the Eenadu and Andhra Prabha daily news sites. You can find some Unicode Telugu on the What is Unicode? in Telugu page, at Tirumala Krishna Desikacharyulu’s Kavya-nandanam site, and on Xenotype’s Telugu Unicode Sample page.
Microsoft Windows incorporates support for Telugu Unicode from Windows XP onwards.
For users of Macintosh OS X 10.2, a commercial Telugu Language Kit with a Unicode font and 2 keyboard layouts is available from XenoType Technologies.
The characters that appear in the first column of the following table depend on the browser that you are using, the fonts installed on your computer, and the browser options you have chosen that determine the fonts used to display particular character sets, encodings or languages.
You can find some or all of the characters in this range in the Windows Unicode fonts Akshar Unicode, Arial Unicode MS, Code2000, Free Idg Serif, Free Serif, Gautami, Pothana2000, Saraswati5 and Sun-ExtA; and in the Macintosh OS X Unicode font Pothana.
To see exactly which characters are included in a particular font, you can use a utility such as Andrew West’s BabelMap, or WunderMoosen’s FontChecker.
If you are not familiar with the characters, you can check the characters displayed here with the graphical display at http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0C00.pdf.
Character (decimal) | Decimal | Character (hex) | Hex | Name |
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అఀ | 3072 | అఀ | 0C00 | TELUGU SIGN COMBINING CANDRABINDU ABOVE (combined with a (అ)) |
అఁ | 3073 | అఁ | 0C01 | TELUGU SIGN CANDRABINDU (combined with a (అ)) |
అం | 3074 | అం | 0C02 | TELUGU SIGN ANUSVARA (combined with a (అ)) |
అః | 3075 | అః | 0C03 | TELUGU SIGN VISARGA (combined with a (అ)) |
అ | 3077 | అ | 0C05 | TELUGU LETTER A |
ఆ | 3078 | ఆ | 0C06 | TELUGU LETTER AA |
ఇ | 3079 | ఇ | 0C07 | TELUGU LETTER I |
ఈ | 3080 | ఈ | 0C08 | TELUGU LETTER II |
ఉ | 3081 | ఉ | 0C09 | TELUGU LETTER U |
ఊ | 3082 | ఊ | 0C0A | TELUGU LETTER UU |
ఋ | 3083 | ఋ | 0C0B | TELUGU LETTER VOCALIC R |
ఌ | 3084 | ఌ | 0C0C | TELUGU LETTER VOCALIC L |
ఎ | 3086 | ఎ | 0C0E | TELUGU LETTER E |
ఏ | 3087 | ఏ | 0C0F | TELUGU LETTER EE |
ఐ | 3088 | ఐ | 0C10 | TELUGU LETTER AI |
ఒ | 3090 | ఒ | 0C12 | TELUGU LETTER O |
ఓ | 3091 | ఓ | 0C13 | TELUGU LETTER OO |
ఔ | 3092 | ఔ | 0C14 | TELUGU LETTER AU |
క | 3093 | క | 0C15 | TELUGU LETTER KA |
ఖ | 3094 | ఖ | 0C16 | TELUGU LETTER KHA |
గ | 3095 | గ | 0C17 | TELUGU LETTER GA |
ఘ | 3096 | ఘ | 0C18 | TELUGU LETTER GHA |
ఙ | 3097 | ఙ | 0C19 | TELUGU LETTER NGA |
చ | 3098 | చ | 0C1A | TELUGU LETTER CA |
ఛ | 3099 | ఛ | 0C1B | TELUGU LETTER CHA |
జ | 3100 | జ | 0C1C | TELUGU LETTER JA |
ఝ | 3101 | ఝ | 0C1D | TELUGU LETTER JHA |
ఞ | 3102 | ఞ | 0C1E | TELUGU LETTER NYA |
ట | 3103 | ట | 0C1F | TELUGU LETTER TTA |
ఠ | 3104 | ఠ | 0C20 | TELUGU LETTER TTHA |
డ | 3105 | డ | 0C21 | TELUGU LETTER DDA |
ఢ | 3106 | ఢ | 0C22 | TELUGU LETTER DDHA |
ణ | 3107 | ణ | 0C23 | TELUGU LETTER NNA |
త | 3108 | త | 0C24 | TELUGU LETTER TA |
థ | 3109 | థ | 0C25 | TELUGU LETTER THA |
ద | 3110 | ద | 0C26 | TELUGU LETTER DA |
ధ | 3111 | ధ | 0C27 | TELUGU LETTER DHA |
న | 3112 | న | 0C28 | TELUGU LETTER NA |
ప | 3114 | ప | 0C2A | TELUGU LETTER PA |
ఫ | 3115 | ఫ | 0C2B | TELUGU LETTER PHA |
బ | 3116 | బ | 0C2C | TELUGU LETTER BA |
భ | 3117 | భ | 0C2D | TELUGU LETTER BHA |
మ | 3118 | మ | 0C2E | TELUGU LETTER MA |
య | 3119 | య | 0C2F | TELUGU LETTER YA |
ర | 3120 | ర | 0C30 | TELUGU LETTER RA |
ఱ | 3121 | ఱ | 0C31 | TELUGU LETTER RRA |
ల | 3122 | ల | 0C32 | TELUGU LETTER LA |
ళ | 3123 | ళ | 0C33 | TELUGU LETTER LLA |
ఴ | 3124 | ఴ | 0C34 | TELUGU LETTER LLLA |
వ | 3125 | వ | 0C35 | TELUGU LETTER VA |
శ | 3126 | శ | 0C36 | TELUGU LETTER SHA |
ష | 3127 | ష | 0C37 | TELUGU LETTER SSA |
స | 3128 | స | 0C38 | TELUGU LETTER SA |
హ | 3129 | హ | 0C39 | TELUGU LETTER HA |
ఽ | 3133 | ఽ | 0C3D | TELUGU SIGN AVAGRAHA |
అా | 3134 | అా | 0C3E | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN AA (combined with a (అ)) |
అి | 3135 | అి | 0C3F | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN I (combined with a (అ)) |
అీ | 3136 | అీ | 0C40 | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN II (combined with a (అ)) |
అు | 3137 | అు | 0C41 | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN U (combined with a (అ)) |
అూ | 3138 | అూ | 0C42 | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN UU (combined with a (అ)) |
అృ | 3139 | అృ | 0C43 | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R (combined with a (అ)) |
అౄ | 3140 | అౄ | 0C44 | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RR (combined with a (అ)) |
అె | 3142 | అె | 0C46 | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN E (combined with a (అ)) |
అే | 3143 | అే | 0C47 | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN EE (combined with a (అ)) |
అై | 3144 | అై | 0C48 | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN AI (combined with a (అ)) |
అొ | 3146 | అొ | 0C4A | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN O (combined with a (అ)) |
అో | 3147 | అో | 0C4B | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN OO (combined with a (అ)) |
అౌ | 3148 | అౌ | 0C4C | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN AU (combined with a (అ)) |
అ్ | 3149 | అ్ | 0C4D | TELUGU SIGN VIRAMA (combined with a (అ)) |
అౕ | 3157 | అౕ | 0C55 | TELUGU LENGTH MARK (combined with a (అ)) |
అౖ | 3158 | అౖ | 0C56 | TELUGU AI LENGTH MARK (combined with a (అ)) |
ౘ | 3160 | ౘ | 0C58 | TELUGU LETTER TSA |
ౙ | 3161 | ౙ | 0C59 | TELUGU LETTER DZA |
ౠ | 3168 | ౠ | 0C60 | TELUGU LETTER VOCALIC RR |
ౡ | 3169 | ౡ | 0C61 | TELUGU LETTER VOCALIC LL |
ౢ | 3170 | ౢ | 0C62 | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC L |
ౣ | 3171 | ౣ | 0C63 | TELUGU VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC LL |
౦ | 3174 | ౦ | 0C66 | TELUGU DIGIT ZERO |
౧ | 3175 | ౧ | 0C67 | TELUGU DIGIT ONE |
౨ | 3176 | ౨ | 0C68 | TELUGU DIGIT TWO |
౩ | 3177 | ౩ | 0C69 | TELUGU DIGIT THREE |
౪ | 3178 | ౪ | 0C6A | TELUGU DIGIT FOUR |
౫ | 3179 | ౫ | 0C6B | TELUGU DIGIT FIVE |
౬ | 3180 | ౬ | 0C6C | TELUGU DIGIT SIX |
౭ | 3181 | ౭ | 0C6D | TELUGU DIGIT SEVEN |
౮ | 3182 | ౮ | 0C6E | TELUGU DIGIT EIGHT |
౯ | 3183 | ౯ | 0C6F | TELUGU DIGIT NINE |
౸ | 3192 | ౸ | 0C78 | TELUGU FRACTION DIGIT ZERO FOR ODD POWERS OF FOUR |
౹ | 3193 | ౹ | 0C79 | TELUGU FRACTION DIGIT ONE FOR ODD POWERS OF FOUR |
౺ | 3194 | ౺ | 0C7A | TELUGU FRACTION DIGIT TWO FOR ODD POWERS OF FOUR |
౻ | 3195 | ౻ | 0C7B | TELUGU FRACTION DIGIT THREE FOR ODD POWERS OF FOUR |
౼ | 3196 | ౼ | 0C7C | TELUGU FRACTION DIGIT ONE FOR EVEN POWERS OF FOUR |
౽ | 3197 | ౽ | 0C7D | TELUGU FRACTION DIGIT TWO FOR EVEN POWERS OF FOUR |
౾ | 3198 | ౾ | 0C7E | TELUGU FRACTION DIGIT THREE FOR EVEN POWERS OF FOUR |
౿ | 3199 | ౿ | 0C7F | TELUGU SIGN TUUMU |
Copyright © 1999–2014 Alan Wood
The hexadecimal numbers and the character names in the above table are taken from the Unicode 7.0.0 Character Database, Copyright © 1991–2014 Unicode, Inc., as contained in UnicodeData.txt on the Unicode ftp site (ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/) in October 2014.
Created 3rd February 1999 Last updated 28th October 2014