U+0A24 "ਤ" Gurmukhi Letter Ta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਤ
U+0A24 "ਤ" Gurmukhi Letter Ta is the thirty-third character in the Gurmukhi script, representing the voiceless, unaspirated dental stop sound /t̪/, similar to the 't' in the English word "stop" but with the tongue touching the teeth. It belongs to the first row of consonants known as the varga, specifically the dental group, and is a fundamental component in writing the Punjabi language, where it appears in common words such as "ਤੇ" meaning "and" or "on." As part of the Gurmukhi block in Unicode, this letter is essential for digital text representation in various online and software contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A24 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Ta |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A24 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A24 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a24 |