U+0A51 "ੑ" Gurmukhi Sign Udaat Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0A51 "ੑ" Gurmukhi Sign Udaat is a combining diacritical mark used in the Gurmukhi script, primarily in older or more traditional texts of the Punjabi language to denote a specific tone or stress on a syllable, particularly associated with the high-rising tone sometimes called "Udaat" or "Udat." Unlike more common Gurmukhi vowel signs or consonants, this sign is placed above a character to modify its pronunciation, and its usage has largely diminished in modern standardized Gurmukhi orthography, making it a point of interest for scholars studying historical phonetics and textual traditions within Sikh scriptures and classical Punjabi literature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A51 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Sign Udaat |
| 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 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A51 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A51 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a51 |