உ-row (கு ஙு சு …)
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The உ-row compound letters — uyirmey (உயிர்மெய்) — are formed by joining each of the 18 pure consonants with the vowel உ. The result: 18 single glyphs that each carry one consonant and one vowel sound.
How they’re formed
க் + உ = கு (ku) · ங் + உ = ஙு (ṅu) · ச் + உ = சு (cu)
… and so on for all 18 consonants. The vowel sign ு attaches to every consonant in the same way.