What ౦ means
Use ౦ for zero in Telugu-script numerals.
It marks an empty place in decimal notation, so 10 differs from 1. As of 2026, Telugu-script digits are uncommon in general text; the familiar 0 is also used.
Indian decimal place value appears in an inscription dated 595 CE; zero-bearing examples are dated 683–687 CE, and a Gwalior inscription records 270 in 876 CE. Telugu and Kannada descend from Brahmi, an ancient Indian script, and developed as distinct scripts around the 13th century.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does ౦ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type ౦
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 0C66, then Alt+X to get ౦.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “telugu digit zero”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 0c66, then Enter or Space.
HTML
౦CSS
\0C66Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
౦
HTML hex
౦
CSS content
content: "\0C66";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%B1%A6
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.