U+0A09 "ਉ" Gurmukhi Letter U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਉ
U+0A09 "ਉ" Gurmukhi Letter U is the third letter of the Gurmukhi alphabet and represents the short vowel sound /u/ as in the English word "put." It is classified as an independent vowel letter used primarily at the beginning of a syllable, while its corresponding vowel sign (U+0A41) is employed when the vowel follows a consonant. This character is essential for writing the Punjabi language in the Gurmukhi script, which is also used for other languages such as Braj Bhasha.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A09 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter U |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A09 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A09 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a09 |