U+0A38 "ਸ" Gurmukhi Letter Sa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0A38 "ਸ" Gurmukhi Letter Sa is the thirty-first consonant of the Gurmukhi script, representing the voiceless alveolar fricative sound "s". This letter is a core component of the Gurmukhi abugida, primarily used for writing the Punjabi language in India, and is essential for spelling many common words, including the name of the Sikh holy scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib.

General Properties

Code Point U+0A38
Version Added 1.1
Name Gurmukhi Letter Sa
Block Gurmukhi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ਸ
HTML Hex Encoding ਸ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xA8 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0A38
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000A38
C/C++/Java Escape \u0a38

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