U+0A30 "ਰ" Gurmukhi Letter Ra Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਰ
U+0A30 "ਰ" Gurmukhi Letter Ra is the thirty-first letter of the Gurmukhi script, used primarily for writing the Punjabi language. It represents the voiced retroflex flap sound /ɾ/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet, a common consonant in Punjabi that is articulated by curling the tongue back toward the roof of the mouth. This character is an essential component of the Gurmukhi alphabet, appearing in many everyday words and religious texts, including the Guru Granth Sahib, where it contributes to the phonetic richness of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A30 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Ra |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਰ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਰ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A30 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A30 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a30 |