ਮ is the Unicode character GURMUKHI LETTER MA, code point U+0A2E (decimal 2606) in the Gurmukhi block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ਮ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 A8 AE.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0A2E |
| Decimal | 2606 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 A8 AE |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0A2E |
| UTF-32 | 00000A2E |
| HTML decimal | ਮ |
| HTML hex | ਮ |
| CSS | \A2E |
| JavaScript | \u0A2E |
| JSON | \u0A2E |
| Python | \u0A2E |
| Python by name | \N{GURMUKHI LETTER MA} |
| Java, C# | \u0A2E |
| Rust, Swift | \u{A2E} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0A2E |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%A8%AE |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | GURMUKHI LETTER MA |
| Code point | U+0A2E (decimal 2606) |
| Block | Gurmukhi (U+0A00–U+0A7F) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Gurmukhi |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Gurmukhi
- ਥ U+0A25 Gurmukhi Letter Tha
- ਦ U+0A26 Gurmukhi Letter Da
- ਧ U+0A27 Gurmukhi Letter Dha
- ਨ U+0A28 Gurmukhi Letter Na
- ਪ U+0A2A Gurmukhi Letter Pa
- ਫ U+0A2B Gurmukhi Letter Pha
- ਬ U+0A2C Gurmukhi Letter Ba
- ਭ U+0A2D Gurmukhi Letter Bha
- ਯ U+0A2F Gurmukhi Letter Ya
- ਰ U+0A30 Gurmukhi Letter Ra
- ਲ U+0A32 Gurmukhi Letter La
- ਲ਼ U+0A33 Gurmukhi Letter Lla
- ਵ U+0A35 Gurmukhi Letter Va
- ਸ਼ U+0A36 Gurmukhi Letter Sha
- ਸ U+0A38 Gurmukhi Letter Sa
- ਹ U+0A39 Gurmukhi Letter Ha
All 80 characters: Gurmukhi.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ਮ?
- Use ਮ (decimal) or ਮ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0A2E?
- E0 A8 AE (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%A8%AE.
- How do I write U+0A2E in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0A2E. Python: \u0A2E.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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