ਜ਼ is the Unicode character GURMUKHI LETTER ZA, code point U+0A5B (decimal 2651) in the Gurmukhi block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ਜ਼, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E0 A9 9B.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0A5B |
| Decimal | 2651 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E0 A9 9B |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0A5B |
| UTF-32 | 00000A5B |
| HTML decimal | ਜ਼ |
| HTML hex | ਜ਼ |
| CSS | \A5B |
| JavaScript | \u0A5B |
| JSON | \u0A5B |
| Python | \u0A5B |
| Python by name | \N{GURMUKHI LETTER ZA} |
| Java, C# | \u0A5B |
| Rust, Swift | \u{A5B} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0A5B |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E0%A9%9B |
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 ZA |
| Code point | U+0A5B (decimal 2651) |
| 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 |
Decomposition
GURMUKHI LETTER ZA is canonically equivalent to the sequence below. Normalising text to NFD splits it into these parts; NFC joins them back into U+0A5B. Search and comparison should normalise first, or the two spellings will not match.
Nearby in Gurmukhi
- U+0A47 Gurmukhi Vowel Sign Ee
- U+0A48 Gurmukhi Vowel Sign Ai
- U+0A4B Gurmukhi Vowel Sign Oo
- U+0A4C Gurmukhi Vowel Sign Au
- U+0A4D Gurmukhi Sign Virama
- U+0A51 Gurmukhi Sign Udaat
- ਖ਼ U+0A59 Gurmukhi Letter Khha
- ਗ਼ U+0A5A Gurmukhi Letter Ghha
- ੜ U+0A5C Gurmukhi Letter Rra
- ਫ਼ U+0A5E Gurmukhi Letter Fa
- ੦ U+0A66 Gurmukhi Digit Zero
- ੧ U+0A67 Gurmukhi Digit One
- ੨ U+0A68 Gurmukhi Digit Two
- ੩ U+0A69 Gurmukhi Digit Three
- ੪ U+0A6A Gurmukhi Digit Four
- ੫ U+0A6B Gurmukhi Digit Five
All 80 characters: Gurmukhi.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ਜ਼?
- Use ਜ਼ (decimal) or ਜ਼ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0A5B?
- E0 A9 9B (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E0%A9%9B.
- How do I write U+0A5B in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0A5B. Python: \u0A5B.
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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