U+00D1 "Ñ" Latin Capital Letter N with Tilde Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Ñ
U+00D1 "Ñ" Latin Capital Letter N with Tilde is a distinct letter in the Spanish alphabet, representing the palatal nasal sound /ɲ/, similar to the "ny" in "canyon". Originating from medieval scribes abbreviating the double "n" (nn) by writing one "n" with a small "n" above it, which evolved into the tilde, this character is also used in other languages such as Galician, Asturian, and several indigenous languages of the Americas. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, allowing for accurate text processing and cultural preservation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+00D1 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter N with Tilde |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Latin Capital Letter N Tilde |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "N" U+004E Latin Capital Letter N "̃" U+0303 Combining Tilde |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ñ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ñ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC3 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x00D1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000000D1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u00d1 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ñ" U+00F1 Latin Small Letter N with Tilde |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ñ" U+00F1 Latin Small Letter N with Tilde |
| Simple Case Folding | "ñ" U+00F1 Latin Small Letter N with Tilde |
| Case Folding | "ñ" U+00F1 Latin Small Letter N with Tilde |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ñ" U+00F1 Latin Small Letter N with Tilde |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ñ" U+00F1 Latin Small Letter N with Tilde |
| Script | Latin |
| Script Extensions | Latin |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Upper |