U+0A40 "ੀ" Gurmukhi Vowel Sign Ii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0A40 "ੀ" Gurmukhi Vowel Sign Ii is a combining diacritical mark used in the Gurmukhi script, which is primarily employed for writing the Punjabi language. This vowel sign represents the long vowel sound "ii" and is always placed to the right of a consonant character, attaching to the top of the consonant's stem to indicate the specific vowel modification. It is part of the Gurmukhi block within the Unicode standard and is essential for accurately representing Punjabi words, where it can alter both the pronunciation and meaning of the base consonant.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A40 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Vowel Sign Ii |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ੀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ੀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA9 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A40 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a40 |