U+0A06 "ਆ" Gurmukhi Letter Aa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਆ
U+0A06 "ਆ" Gurmukhi Letter Aa is the second character of the Gurmukhi script, which is used primarily for writing the Punjabi language. It represents the long vowel sound "aa" as in the English word "father" and is distinct from the short vowel "a" represented by the letter U+0A05. This character appears as an independent vowel symbol rather than a dependent vowel sign, and it is commonly used at the beginning of syllables or words where no preceding consonant is attached. In Punjabi orthography, the Gurmukhi Letter Aa plays a fundamental role in accurately conveying vowel length, which is phonemically significant in distinguishing word meanings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A06 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Aa |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਆ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਆ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A06 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A06 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a06 |