U+0A35 "ਵ" Gurmukhi Letter Va Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Gurmukhi
Script Extensions Gurmukhi
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter