Gujarati character tables

This document lists the per-character shaping information needed to shape Gujarati text.

Contents

• Gujarati character table

• Vedic Extensions character table

• Miscellaneous character table

Gujarati character table

Gujarati glyphs should be classified as in the following table. Codepoints in the Gujarati block with no assigned meaning are designated as unassigned in the Unicode category column.

Assigned codepoints with a null in the Shaping class column evoke no special behavior from the shaping engine. Note that this does include some valid codepoints, such as currency marks, punctuation, and other symbols.

Note: the NUMBER and SYMBOL Shaping classes are important during syllable identification, but generally evoke no further special behavior during the rest of the shaping process.

The Mark-placement subclass column indicates mark-placement positioning for codepoints in the Mark category. Assigned, non-mark codepoints have a null in this column and evoke no special mark-placement behavior. Marks tagged with [Mn] in the Unicode category column are categorized as non-spacing; marks tagged with [Mc] are categorized as spacing-combining.

Some codepoints in the following table use a Shaping class that differs from the codepoint’s Unicode General Category. The Shaping class takes precedence during OpenType shaping, as it captures more specific, script-aware behavior.

Table 18 Gujarati character table

Codepoint	Unicode category	Shaping class	Mark-placement subclass	Glyph
U+0A80	unassigned
U+0A81	Mark [Mn]	BINDU	TOP_POSITION	ઁ Candrabindu
U+0A82	Mark [Mn]	BINDU	TOP_POSITION	ં Anusvara
U+0A83	Mark [Mc]	VISARGA	RIGHT_POSITION	ઃ Visarga
U+0A84	unassigned
U+0A85	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	અ A
U+0A86	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	આ Aa
U+0A87	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	ઇ I
U+0A88	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	ઈ Ii
U+0A89	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	ઉ U
U+0A8A	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	ઊ Uu
U+0A8B	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	ઋ Vocalic R
U+0A8C	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	ઌ Vocalic L
U+0A8D	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	ઍ Candra E
U+0A8E	unassigned
U+0A8F	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	એ E
U+0A90	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	ઐ Ai
U+0A91	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	ઑ Candra O
U+0A92	unassigned
U+0A93	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	ઓ O
U+0A94	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	ઔ Au
U+0A95	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ક Ka
U+0A96	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ખ Kha
U+0A97	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ગ Ga
U+0A98	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ઘ Gha
U+0A99	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ઙ Nga
U+0A9A	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ચ Ca
U+0A9B	Letter	CONSONANT	null	છ Cha
U+0A9C	Letter	CONSONANT	null	જ Ja
U+0A9D	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ઝ Jha
U+0A9E	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ઞ Nya
U+0A9F	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ટ Tta
U+0AA0	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ઠ Ttha
U+0AA1	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ડ Dda
U+0AA2	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ઢ Ddha
U+0AA3	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ણ Nna
U+0AA4	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ત Ta
U+0AA5	Letter	CONSONANT	null	થ Tha
U+0AA6	Letter	CONSONANT	null	દ Da
U+0AA7	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ધ Dha
U+0AA8	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ન Na
U+0AA9	unassigned
U+0AAA	Letter	CONSONANT	null	પ Pa
U+0AAB	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ફ Pha
U+0AAC	Letter	CONSONANT	null	બ Ba
U+0AAD	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ભ Bha
U+0AAE	Letter	CONSONANT	null	મ Ma
U+0AAF	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ય Ya
U+0AB0	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ર Ra
U+0AB1	unassigned
U+0AB2	Letter	CONSONANT	null	લ La
U+0AB3	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ળ Lla
U+0AB4	unassigned
U+0AB5	Letter	CONSONANT	null	વ Va
U+0AB6	Letter	CONSONANT	null	શ Sha
U+0AB7	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ષ Ssa
U+0AB8	Letter	CONSONANT	null	સ Sa
U+0AB9	Letter	CONSONANT	null	હ Ha
U+0ABA	unassigned
U+0ABB	unassigned
U+0ABC	Mark [Mn]	NUKTA	BOTTOM_POSITION	઼ Nukta
U+0ABD	Letter	AVAGRAHA	null	ઽ Avagraha
U+0ABE	Mark [Mc]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	RIGHT_POSITION	ા Sign Aa
U+0ABF	Mark [Mc]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	LEFT_POSITION	િ Sign I
U+0AC0	Mark [Mc]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	RIGHT_POSITION	ી Sign Ii
U+0AC1	Mark [Mn]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	BOTTOM_POSITION	ુ Sign U
U+0AC2	Mark [Mn]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	BOTTOM_POSITION	ૂ Sign Uu
U+0AC3	Mark [Mn]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	BOTTOM_POSITION	ૃ Sign Vocalic R
U+0AC4	Mark [Mn]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	BOTTOM_POSITION	ૄ Sign Vocalic Rr
U+0AC5	Mark [Mn]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	TOP_POSITION	ૅ Sign Candra E
U+0AC6	unassigned
U+0AC7	Mark [Mn]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	TOP_POSITION	ે Sign E
U+0AC8	Mark [Mn]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	TOP_POSITION	ૈ Sign Ai
U+0AC9	Mark [Mc]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	TOP_AND_RIGHT_POSITION	ૉ Sign Candra O
U+0ACA	unassigned
U+0ACB	Mark [Mc]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	RIGHT_POSITION	ો Sign O
U+0ACC	Mark [Mc]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	RIGHT_POSITION	ૌ Sign Au
U+0ACD	Mark [Mn]	VIRAMA	BOTTOM_POSITION	્ Virama
U+0ACE	unassigned
U+0ACF	unassigned
U+0AD0	Letter	null	null	ૐ Om
U+0AD1	unassigned
U+0AD2	unassigned
U+0AD3	unassigned
U+0AD4	unassigned
U+0AD5	unassigned
U+0AD6	unassigned
U+0AD7	unassigned
U+0AD8	unassigned
U+0AD9	unassigned
U+0ADA	unassigned
U+0ADB	unassigned
U+0ADC	unassigned
U+0ADD	unassigned
U+0ADE	unassigned
U+0ADF	unassigned
U+0AE0	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	ૠ Vocalic Rr
U+0AE1	Letter	VOWEL_INDEPENDENT	null	ૡ Vocalic Ll
U+0AE2	Mark [Mn]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	BOTTOM_POSITION	ૢ Sign Vocalic L
U+0AE3	Mark [Mn]	VOWEL_DEPENDENT	BOTTOM_POSITION	ૣ Sign Vocalic Ll
U+0AE4	unassigned
U+0AE5	unassigned
U+0AE6	Number	NUMBER	null	૦ Digit Zero
U+0AE7	Number	NUMBER	null	૧ Digit One
U+0AE8	Number	NUMBER	null	૨ Digit Two
U+0AE9	Number	NUMBER	null	૩ Digit Three
U+0AEA	Number	NUMBER	null	૪ Digit Four
U+0AEB	Number	NUMBER	null	૫ Digit Five
U+0AEC	Number	NUMBER	null	૬ Digit Six
U+0AED	Number	NUMBER	null	૭ Digit Seven
U+0AEE	Number	NUMBER	null	૮ Digit Eight
U+0AEF	Number	NUMBER	null	૯ Digit Nine
U+0AF0	Symbol	SYMBOL	null	૰ Abbreviation
U+0AF1	Symbol	SYMBOL	null	૱ Rupee Sign
U+0AF2	unassigned
U+0AF3	unassigned
U+0AF4	unassigned
U+0AF5	unassigned
U+0AF6	unassigned
U+0AF7	unassigned
U+0AF8	unassigned
U+0AF9	Letter	CONSONANT	null	ૹ Zha
U+0AFA	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	TOP_POSITION	ૺ Sukun
U+0AFB	Mark [Mn]	NUKTA	TOP_POSITION	ૻ Shadda
U+0AFC	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	TOP_POSITION	ૼ Maddah
U+0AFD	Mark [Mn]	NUKTA	TOP_POSITION	૽ Three-Dot Nukta Above
U+0AFE	Mark [Mn]	NUKTA	TOP_POSITION	૾ Circle Nukta Above
U+0AFF	Mark [Mn]	NUKTA	TOP_POSITION	૿ Two-Circle Nukta Above

Vedic Extensions character table

Sanskrit runs written in the Gujarati script may also include characters from the Vedic Extensions block. These characters should be classified as follows.

Note: See the Vedic Extensions document for additional information.

Table 19 Vedic Extensions character table

Codepoint	Unicode category	Shaping class	Mark-placement subclass	Glyph
U+1CD0	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	TOP_POSITION	᳐ Tone Karshana
U+1CD1	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	TOP_POSITION	᳑ Tone Shara
U+1CD2	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	TOP_POSITION	᳒ Tone Prenkha
U+1CD3	Punctuation	null	null	᳓ Sign Nihshvasa
U+1CD4	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	OVERSTRUCK	᳔ Tone Midline Svarita
U+1CD5	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	BOTTOM_POSITION	᳕ Tone Aggravated Independent Svarita
U+1CD6	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	BOTTOM_POSITION	᳖ Tone Independent Svarita
U+1CD7	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	BOTTOM_POSITION	᳗ Tone Kathaka Independent Svarita
U+1CD8	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	BOTTOM_POSITION	᳘ Tone Candra Below
U+1CD9	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	BOTTOM_POSITION	᳙ Tone Kathaka Independent Svarita Schroeder
U+1CDA	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	TOP_POSITION	᳚ Tone Double Svarita
U+1CDB	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	TOP_POSITION	᳛ Tone Triple Svarita
U+1CDC	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	BOTTOM_POSITION	᳜ Tone Kathaka Anudatta
U+1CDD	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	BOTTOM_POSITION	᳝ Tone Dot Below
U+1CDE	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	BOTTOM_POSITION	᳞ Tone Two Dots Below
U+1CDF	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	BOTTOM_POSITION	᳟ Tone Three Dots Below
U+1CE0	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	TOP_POSITION	᳠ Tone Rigvedic Kashmiri Independent Svarita
U+1CE1	Mark [Mc]	CANTILLATION	RIGHT_POSITION	᳡ Tone Atharavedic Independent Svarita
U+1CE2	Mark [Mn]	AVAGRAHA	OVERSTRUCK	᳢ Sign Visarga Svarita
U+1CE3	Mark [Mn]	null	OVERSTRUCK	᳣ Sign Visarga Udatta
U+1CE4	Mark [Mn]	null	OVERSTRUCK	᳤ Sign Reversed Visarga Udatta
U+1CE5	Mark [Mn]	null	OVERSTRUCK	᳥ Sign Visarga Anudatta
U+1CE6	Mark [Mn]	null	OVERSTRUCK	᳦ Sign Reversed Visarga Anudatta
U+1CE7	Mark [Mn]	null	OVERSTRUCK	᳧ Sign Visarga Udatta With Tail
U+1CE8	Mark [Mn]	AVAGRAHA	OVERSTRUCK	᳨ Sign Visarga Anudatta With Tail
U+1CE9	Letter	SYMBOL	null	ᳩ Sign Anusvara Antargomukha
U+1CEA	Letter	null	null	ᳪ Sign Anusvara Bahirgomukha
U+1CEB	Letter	null	null	ᳫ Sign Anusvara Vamagomukha
U+1CEC	Letter	SYMBOL	null	ᳬ Sign Anusvara Vamagomukha With Tail
U+1CED	Mark [Mn]	AVAGRAHA	BOTTOM_POSITION	᳭ Sign Tiryak
U+1CEE	Letter	SYMBOL	null	ᳮ Sign Hexiform Long Anusvara
U+1CEF	Letter	null	null	ᳯ Sign Long Anusvara
U+1CF0	Letter	null	null	ᳰ Sign Rthang Long Anusvara
U+1CF2	Letter	CONSONANT_DEAD	null	ᳲ Sign Ardhavisarga
U+1CF3	Letter	CONSONANT_DEAD	null	ᳳ Sign Rotated Ardhavisarga
U+1CF3	Mark [Mc]	VISARGA	null	ᳳ Sign Rotated Ardhavisarga
U+1CF4	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	TOP_POSITION	᳴ Tone Candra Above
U+1CF5	Letter	CONSONANT_WITH_STACKER	null	ᳵ Sign Jihvamuliya
U+1CF6	Letter	CONSONANT_WITH_STACKER	null	ᳶ Sign Upadhmaniya
U+1CF7	Mark [Mc]	null	null	᳷ Sign Atikrama
U+1CF8	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	null	᳸ Tone Ring Above
U+1CF9	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	null	᳹ Tone Double Ring Above
U+1CFA	Letter	PLACEHOLDER	null	ᳺ Sign Double Anusvara Antargomukha
U+1CFB	unassigned
U+1CFC	unassigned
U+1CFD	unassigned
U+1CFE	unassigned
U+1CFF	unassigned

Miscellaneous character table

In addition to general punctuation, runs of Gujarati text often use the danda (U+0964) and double danda (U+0965) punctuation marks from the Devanagari block. Gujarati text can also incorporate the udatta (U+0951) and anudatta (U+0952) signs from the Devanagari block.

Table 20 Additional punctuation character table

Codepoint	Unicode category	Shaping class	Mark-placement subclass	Glyph
U+0951	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	TOP_POSITION	॑ Udatta
U+0952	Mark [Mn]	CANTILLATION	BOTTOM_POSITION	॒ Anudatta
U+0964	Punctuation	null	null	। Danda
U+0965	Punctuation	null	null	॥ Double Danda

Other important characters that may be encountered when shaping runs of Gujarati text include the dotted-circle placeholder (U+25CC), the zero-width joiner (U+200D) and zero-width non-joiner (U+200C), and the no-break space (U+00A0).

The dotted-circle placeholder is frequently used when displaying a dependent vowel (matra) or a combining mark in isolation. Real-world text syllables may also use other characters, such as hyphens or dashes, in a similar placeholder fashion; shaping engines should cope with this situation gracefully.

Table 21 Miscellaneous character table

Codepoint	Unicode category	Shaping class	Mark-placement subclass	Glyph
U+00A0	Separator	PLACEHOLDER	null	No-break space
U+200C	Other	NON_JOINER	null	‌ Zero-width non-joiner
U+200D	Other	JOINER	null	‍ Zero-width joiner
U+2010	Punctuation	PLACEHOLDER	null	‐ Hyphen
U+2011	Punctuation	PLACEHOLDER	null	‑ No-break hyphen
U+2012	Punctuation	PLACEHOLDER	null	‒ Figure dash
U+2013	Punctuation	PLACEHOLDER	null	– En dash
U+2014	Punctuation	PLACEHOLDER	null	— Em dash
U+25CC	Symbol	DOTTED_CIRCLE	null	◌ Dotted circle

The zero-width joiner (ZWJ) is primarily used to prevent the formation of a conjunct from a “Consonant,Halant,Consonant” sequence. The sequence “Consonant,Halant,ZWJ,Consonant” blocks the formation of a conjunct between the two consonants.

Note, however, that the “Consonant,Halant” subsequence in the above example may still trigger a half-forms feature. To prevent the application of the half-forms feature in addition to preventing the conjunct, the zero-width non-joiner (ZWNJ) must be used instead. The sequence “Consonant,Halant,ZWNJ,Consonant” should produce the first consonant in its standard form, followed by an explicit “Halant”.

A secondary usage of the zero-width joiner is to prevent the formation of “Reph”. An initial “Ra,Halant,ZWJ” sequence should not produce a “Reph”, where an initial “Ra,Halant” sequence without the zero-width joiner otherwise would.

The no-break space (NBSP) is primarily used to display those codepoints that are defined as non-spacing (marks, dependent vowels (matras), below-base consonant forms, and post-base consonant forms) in an isolated context, as an alternative to displaying them superimposed on the dotted-circle placeholder. These sequences will match “NBSP,ZWJ,Halant,Consonant”, “NBSP,mark”, or “NBSP,matra”.