U+0A76 "੶" Gurmukhi Abbreviation Sign Unicode Character

U+0A76 "੶" Gurmukhi Abbreviation Sign is a specialized punctuation mark used in the Gurmukhi script, primarily employed to indicate an abbreviation or contraction of a word or phrase in written Punjabi. Unlike typical punctuation, this sign is placed above or adjacent to the abbreviated text to signal that the written form has been shortened for brevity, often in contexts such as manuscripts, religious texts, or informal notations. It is a unique and less common character within the Gurmukhi block, distinguished from combining diacritical marks by its standalone graphical appearance, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve the historical and orthographic nuances of Gurmukhi writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0A76
Version Added	11.0
Name	Gurmukhi Abbreviation Sign
Block	Gurmukhi
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	੶
HTML Hex Encoding	੶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xA9 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0A76
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000A76
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0a76

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Gurmukhi
Script Extensions	Gurmukhi
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other