U+0A2F "ਯ" Gurmukhi Letter Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਯ
U+0A2F "ਯ" Gurmukhi Letter Ya is the thirty first consonant of the Gurmukhi script, which is used primarily for writing the Punjabi language in India. It represents the palatal approximant sound /j/, similar to the English 'y' in "yes". In the Gurmukhi alphabet, this letter is classified as a semi vowel and holds significance not only in everyday Punjabi text but also in the sacred scriptures of Sikhism, as Gurmukhi is the script traditionally used for the Guru Granth Sahib.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A2F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Ya |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A2F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A2F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a2f |