U+0A02 "ਂ" Gurmukhi Sign Bindi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਂ
U+0A02 "ਂ" Gurmukhi Sign Bindi is a diacritical mark used in the Gurmukhi script, primarily employed in the Punjabi language, to indicate nasalization of a vowel or to mark the anusvara sound, a nasal consonant that follows a vowel. It appears as a small dot above the character it modifies, functioning similarly to the bindi in other Indic scripts, and is essential for correct pronunciation and meaning in written Punjabi, distinguishing words that would otherwise be homophones. Unlike the unrelated period-like full stop sign in Gurmukhi, this bindi specifically alters the phonetic value of syllables, making it a critical component of the script’s orthographic system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A02 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Sign Bindi |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A02 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A02 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a02 |