U+0A35 "ਵ" Gurmukhi Letter Va Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਵ
U+0A35 "ਵ" Gurmukhi Letter Va is a consonant used in the Gurmukhi script, which is primarily employed for writing the Punjabi language in India. It represents the voiced labiodental approximant sound /ʋ/, similar to the English 'v' in "van," and serves as the thirty-fifth letter of the Gurmukhi alphabet. In the Punjabi writing system, this character is integral to the orthography, appearing in numerous common words and often functioning as a subjoining form in consonant conjuncts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A35 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Va |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A35 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A35 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a35 |