U+0A28 "ਨ" Gurmukhi Letter Na Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0A28 "ਨ" Gurmukhi Letter Na is the thirty-second consonant of the Gurmukhi script, representing the dental nasal sound /n/ as in the English word "name". It is used primarily in the Punjabi language, written in the Gurmukhi script, where it appears in both native and borrowed vocabulary, often forming syllables in combinations with vowel diacritics or other consonants. The character's glyph resembles a curved, open shape with a horizontal top line, consistent with the script's distinctive calligraphic style, and it is encoded in the Unicode Standard to facilitate digital text processing and interoperability across platforms for Punjabi literature and communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A28 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Na |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A28 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A28 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a28 |