U+0A08 "ਈ" Gurmukhi Letter Ii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0A08 "ਈ" Gurmukhi Letter Ii is a vowel symbol in the Gurmukhi script, which is primarily used to write the Punjabi language in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. It represents the long vowel sound /iː/, similar to the "ee" in the English word "see", and is classified as an independent vowel letter, meaning it appears on its own at the beginning of a syllable rather than as a dependent vowel sign attached to a consonant. This character is encoded in the Gurmukhi block of the Unicode Standard, ensuring consistent digital representation across devices and platforms for texts composed in the script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A08 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Ii |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A08 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A08 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a08 |