U+0A14 "ਔ" Gurmukhi Letter Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0A14 "ਔ" Gurmukhi Letter Au is the tenth vowel in the Gurmukhi alphabet, representing an open-mid back rounded vowel sound similar to the "au" in the English word "caught" or "awe." This character is used in the Punjabi language, primarily in India, and is formed by combining the dependent vowel sign for "au" with a consonant carrier or an independent letter. It appears in various words including "Gurmukhi" itself when transliterated, and it holds cultural and linguistic significance as part of the script used for the Sikh scriptures.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A14 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Au |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A14 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A14 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a14 |