Ik Onkar (Gurmukhi: ; Ikk ankr Punjabi: [k oka]) is the symbol that represents the One Supreme Reality and is a central tenet of philosophy. Ik means one or united, On means supreme, ultimate or highest bhrama (God), and the Atma (Soul) of the entire universe or system, and kr means without shape or form. It is a symbol of the unity of God in Sikhism, and is found on all religious scriptures and places such as Gurdwaras. Derived from Punjabi, Ik Onkr is the first phrase in the Mul Mantar referring to the existence of "one constant" that is Om taken to mean "one God". It is found in the Gurmukhi script and is consequently also part of the Sikh morning prayer Japji Sahib. It is a combination of two characters the numeral Ikk (one) and the first letter of the word Onkar (Constant taken to mean God) - which also happens to be the first letter of the Gurmukh script - an coupled with a specially adapted vowel symbol h, yielding. "Ik" is the alternative spelling and pronunciation of "ek" i.e. one in Hindi and several other Indian languages while onkar is another way of spelling and pronouncing (particualrly in Gurmukhi and the pan Hindu symbel that represents the Highest Reality or the Supreme Being. The Gurmukhi letter used to write onkar is also the equivalent to the letter "Om" in Devnagari and other Indian scripts. Thus "Onkar" or "Om-kara" representing the Supreme Divine in Sikhism was the natural outcome of Sikhism as a religion being born within the Hindu cultural sphere and founded by saints who were Hindus by birthsocial identity and beliefs like the other Indic or Dharmic religions born within the Hindu matrix like Jainism and Buddhism.