U+0A1E "ਞ" Gurmukhi Letter Nya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0A1E "ਞ" Gurmukhi Letter Nya is a consonant used in the Gurmukhi script, which is primarily employed for writing the Punjabi language in the Punjab region of India. This character represents the palatal nasal sound, similar to the "ny" sound in the English word "canyon." It is classified as a consonant in the Gurmukhi alphabet and holds a distinctive place in the script's phonetic inventory, often used in words of both native Punjabi and borrowed Sanskrit origin. Visually, the glyph is characterized by a curved, flowing shape with a horizontal top line that connects it to the script's characteristic headline, and it occupies a specific position in the Unicode standard for digital text representation and cross-platform communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A1E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Nya |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਞ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਞ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A1E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A1E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a1e |