U+0A1A "ਚ" Gurmukhi Letter Ca Unicode Character

U+0A1A "ਚ" Gurmukhi Letter Ca is a character in the Gurmukhi script, primarily used for writing the Punjabi language. It represents the voiceless palatal affricate sound /tʃ/, similar to the English "ch" in "church". In the Gurmukhi alphabet, it belongs to the group of consonants and is related to other characters that share its phonetic class, such as the aspirated form "ਛ". This letter plays a key role in the orthography of Punjabi, appearing in common words like "ਚਾਹ" (chāh, meaning tea) and is used in both religious and secular texts.