U+0A5A "ਗ਼" Gurmukhi Letter Ghha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਗ਼
U+0A5A "ਗ਼" Gurmukhi Letter Ghha is a distinct character within the Gurmukhi script used for writing the Punjabi language, primarily representing the voiced velar fricative sound /ɣ/, a phoneme that occurs in loanwords, particularly from Persian and Arabic, and is formed by placing a dot or a small subscript loop beneath the standard letter Gagaa (U+0A15) to indicate this specific foreign pronunciation. This character is part of a set of modified Gurmukhi letters, known as "pairin bindi" or "lag matra" forms, designed to accurately transcribe sounds not native to the traditional Gurmukhi inventory, ensuring precise representation of words borrowed into Punjabi from other languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A5A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Ghha |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ਗ" U+0A17 Gurmukhi Letter Ga "਼" U+0A3C Gurmukhi Sign Nukta |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਗ਼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਗ਼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA9 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A5A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A5A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a5a |