U+0A39 "ਹ" Gurmukhi Letter Ha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਹ
U+0A39 "ਹ" Gurmukhi Letter Ha is the thirty-third consonant of the Gurmukhi script, representing the voiceless glottal fricative sound /h/ as heard in the English word "house." It is an essential component of the Punjabi language, used in writing both the Eastern and Western dialects, and appears frequently in Sikh scripture, literature, and everyday communication. The letter is formed with a single horizontal line at the top and a curved vertical stroke descending from its left side, making it distinct in the Gurmukhi alphabet.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A39 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Ha |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A39 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A39 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a39 |