The Gurmukhi script is used for the Indo-Aryan Punjabi language, which is widely spoken in Pakistan and is also used in parts of India, where it is closely associated with Sikhs. Punjabi can also be written in the Devanagari and Arabic scripts. You can see some Punjabi using Unicode Gurmukhi on the 123BuildIt Multilingual E-commerce Solutions Web site and the Punjabi University Guru Kashi Campus Web site.
Microsoft Windows incorporates support for Gurmukhi Unicode from Windows XP onwards. Users of Macintosh computers running Mac OS 9 can install an Apple Language Kit that provides Gurmukhi suppport in various applications. Mac OS X incorporates support for Gurmukhi from version 10.2 onwards.
Gurmukhi Unicode Web pages with UTF-8 encoding are supported by Internet Explorer 5 (or higher) for Windows, Mozilla, Opera 6 (or higher), and the Safari and iCab Web browsers for Macintosh.
The characters that appear in the first column of the following table depend on the browser that you are using, the fonts installed on your computer, and the browser options you have chosen that determine the fonts used to display particular character sets, encodings or languages.
You can find some or all of the characters in this range in the Windows Unicode fonts AnmolUni, AnmolUniBani, Arial Unicode MS, CN-Arial, Code2000, Free Idg Serif, Free Sans, Free Serif, Lohit Punjabi, Raavi, Saab, Saraswati5 and Sun-ExtA; in the Macintosh OS 9 Unicode fonts Gurmukhi MT and Gurmukhi MTS; and in the Macintosh OS X Unicode font Gurmukhi MT.
To see exactly which characters are included in a particular font, you can use a utility such as Andrew West’s BabelMap, Apple’s TrueEdit, or WunderMoosen’s FontChecker.
If you are not familiar with the characters, you can check the characters displayed here with the graphical display at http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0A00.pdf.
Character (decimal) | Decimal | Character (hex) | Hex | Name |
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ਠਁ | 2561 | ਠਁ | 0A01 | GURMUKHI SIGN ADAK BINDI (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠਂ | 2562 | ਠਂ | 0A02 | GURMUKHI SIGN BINDI (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠਃ | 2563 | ਠਃ | 0A03 | GURMUKHI SIGN VISARGA (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਅ | 2565 | ਅ | 0A05 | GURMUKHI LETTER A |
ਆ | 2566 | ਆ | 0A06 | GURMUKHI LETTER AA |
ਇ | 2567 | ਇ | 0A07 | GURMUKHI LETTER I |
ਈ | 2568 | ਈ | 0A08 | GURMUKHI LETTER II |
ਉ | 2569 | ਉ | 0A09 | GURMUKHI LETTER U |
ਊ | 2570 | ਊ | 0A0A | GURMUKHI LETTER UU |
ਏ | 2575 | ਏ | 0A0F | GURMUKHI LETTER EE |
ਐ | 2576 | ਐ | 0A10 | GURMUKHI LETTER AI |
ਓ | 2579 | ਓ | 0A13 | GURMUKHI LETTER OO |
ਔ | 2580 | ਔ | 0A14 | GURMUKHI LETTER AU |
ਕ | 2581 | ਕ | 0A15 | GURMUKHI LETTER KA |
ਖ | 2582 | ਖ | 0A16 | GURMUKHI LETTER KHA |
ਗ | 2583 | ਗ | 0A17 | GURMUKHI LETTER GA |
ਘ | 2584 | ਘ | 0A18 | GURMUKHI LETTER GHA |
ਙ | 2585 | ਙ | 0A19 | GURMUKHI LETTER NGA |
ਚ | 2586 | ਚ | 0A1A | GURMUKHI LETTER CA |
ਛ | 2587 | ਛ | 0A1B | GURMUKHI LETTER CHA |
ਜ | 2588 | ਜ | 0A1C | GURMUKHI LETTER JA |
ਝ | 2589 | ਝ | 0A1D | GURMUKHI LETTER JHA |
ਞ | 2590 | ਞ | 0A1E | GURMUKHI LETTER NYA |
ਟ | 2591 | ਟ | 0A1F | GURMUKHI LETTER TTA |
ਠ | 2592 | ਠ | 0A20 | GURMUKHI LETTER TTHA |
ਡ | 2593 | ਡ | 0A21 | GURMUKHI LETTER DDA |
ਢ | 2594 | ਢ | 0A22 | GURMUKHI LETTER DDHA |
ਣ | 2595 | ਣ | 0A23 | GURMUKHI LETTER NNA |
ਤ | 2596 | ਤ | 0A24 | GURMUKHI LETTER TA |
ਥ | 2597 | ਥ | 0A25 | GURMUKHI LETTER THA |
ਦ | 2598 | ਦ | 0A26 | GURMUKHI LETTER DA |
ਧ | 2599 | ਧ | 0A27 | GURMUKHI LETTER DHA |
ਨ | 2600 | ਨ | 0A28 | GURMUKHI LETTER NA |
ਪ | 2602 | ਪ | 0A2A | GURMUKHI LETTER PA |
ਫ | 2603 | ਫ | 0A2B | GURMUKHI LETTER PHA |
ਬ | 2604 | ਬ | 0A2C | GURMUKHI LETTER BA |
ਭ | 2605 | ਭ | 0A2D | GURMUKHI LETTER BHA |
ਮ | 2606 | ਮ | 0A2E | GURMUKHI LETTER MA |
ਯ | 2607 | ਯ | 0A2F | GURMUKHI LETTER YA |
ਰ | 2608 | ਰ | 0A30 | GURMUKHI LETTER RA |
ਲ | 2610 | ਲ | 0A32 | GURMUKHI LETTER LA |
ਲ਼ | 2611 | ਲ਼ | 0A33 | GURMUKHI LETTER LLA |
ਵ | 2613 | ਵ | 0A35 | GURMUKHI LETTER VA |
ਸ਼ | 2614 | ਸ਼ | 0A36 | GURMUKHI LETTER SHA |
ਸ | 2616 | ਸ | 0A38 | GURMUKHI LETTER SA |
ਹ | 2617 | ਹ | 0A39 | GURMUKHI LETTER HA |
ਠ਼ | 2620 | ਠ਼ | 0A3C | GURMUKHI SIGN NUKTA (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠਾ | 2622 | ਠਾ | 0A3E | GURMUKHI VOWEL SIGN AA (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠਿ | 2623 | ਠਿ | 0A3F | GURMUKHI VOWEL SIGN I (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠੀ | 2624 | ਠੀ | 0A40 | GURMUKHI VOWEL SIGN II (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠੁ | 2625 | ਠੁ | 0A41 | GURMUKHI VOWEL SIGN U (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠੂ | 2626 | ਠੂ | 0A42 | GURMUKHI VOWEL SIGN UU (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠੇ | 2631 | ਠੇ | 0A47 | GURMUKHI VOWEL SIGN EE (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠੈ | 2632 | ਠੈ | 0A48 | GURMUKHI VOWEL SIGN AI (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠੋ | 2635 | ਠੋ | 0A4B | GURMUKHI VOWEL SIGN OO (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠੌ | 2636 | ਠੌ | 0A4C | GURMUKHI VOWEL SIGN AU (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠ੍ | 2637 | ਠ੍ | 0A4D | GURMUKHI SIGN VIRAMA (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠੑ | 2641 | ਠੑ | 0A51 | GURMUKHI SIGN UDAAT (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਖ਼ | 2649 | ਖ਼ | 0A59 | GURMUKHI LETTER KHHA |
ਗ਼ | 2650 | ਗ਼ | 0A5A | GURMUKHI LETTER GHHA |
ਜ਼ | 2651 | ਜ਼ | 0A5B | GURMUKHI LETTER ZA |
ੜ | 2652 | ੜ | 0A5C | GURMUKHI LETTER RRA |
ਫ਼ | 2654 | ਫ਼ | 0A5E | GURMUKHI LETTER FA |
੦ | 2662 | ੦ | 0A66 | GURMUKHI DIGIT ZERO |
੧ | 2663 | ੧ | 0A67 | GURMUKHI DIGIT ONE |
੨ | 2664 | ੨ | 0A68 | GURMUKHI DIGIT TWO |
੩ | 2665 | ੩ | 0A69 | GURMUKHI DIGIT THREE |
੪ | 2666 | ੪ | 0A6A | GURMUKHI DIGIT FOUR |
੫ | 2667 | ੫ | 0A6B | GURMUKHI DIGIT FIVE |
੬ | 2668 | ੬ | 0A6C | GURMUKHI DIGIT SIX |
੭ | 2669 | ੭ | 0A6D | GURMUKHI DIGIT SEVEN |
੮ | 2670 | ੮ | 0A6E | GURMUKHI DIGIT EIGHT |
੯ | 2671 | ੯ | 0A6F | GURMUKHI DIGIT NINE |
ਠੰ | 2672 | ਠੰ | 0A70 | GURMUKHI TIPPI (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ਠੱ | 2673 | ਠੱ | 0A71 | GURMUKHI ADDAK (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
ੲ | 2674 | ੲ | 0A72 | GURMUKHI IRI |
ੳ | 2675 | ੳ | 0A73 | GURMUKHI URA |
ੴ | 2676 | ੴ | 0A74 | GURMUKHI EK ONKAR |
ਠੵ | 2677 | ਠੵ | 0A75 | GURMUKHI SIGN YAKASH (combined with ttha (ਠ)) |
Copyright © 1999–2009 Alan Wood
The hexadecimal numbers and the character names in the above table are taken from the Unicode 5.1.0 Character Database, Copyright © 1991-2008 Unicode, Inc., as contained in UnicodeData.txt on the Unicode ftp site (ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/) in April 2008.
Created 3rd February 1999 Last updated 23rd December 2009