U+0A4C "ੌ" Gurmukhi Vowel Sign Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0A4C "ੌ" Gurmukhi Vowel Sign Au is a combining vowel sign used in the Gurmukhi script, which is primarily employed for writing the Punjabi language. It represents the diphthong sound /ɔʊ/ and is written as a diacritical mark that appears above and to the right of the consonant letter it modifies, transforming the inherent vowel of that consonant. This character is part of the Gurmukhi block in Unicode and is essential for accurately representing words in Punjabi that contain this specific vowel sound, such as in the word for “glory” or “greatness.”
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A4C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Vowel Sign Au |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ੌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ੌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA9 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A4C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A4C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a4c |