U+0A38 "ਸ" Gurmukhi Letter Sa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਸ
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 |