U+0A13 "ਓ" Gurmukhi Letter Oo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0A13 "ਓ" Gurmukhi Letter Oo is the first letter of the Gurmukhi script, representing the independent vowel sound "oo" (like the long 'o' in "go") and is a fundamental character in the Punjabi language, used primarily as an initial vowel in words such as "Oot" (camel) or "Oor" (wool), and it holds cultural significance as the opening letter of the sacred text the Guru Granth Sahib, where it frequently begins verses.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A13 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Oo |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਓ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਓ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A13 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A13 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a13 |