U+0576 "ն" Armenian Small Letter Now Unicode Character

U+0576 "ն" Armenian Small Letter Now is the twenty-second letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the sound /n/ and serving as the lowercase form of uppercase Ն (U+0546). It originated from the classical Armenian script developed by Mesrop Mashtots in the early 5th century AD and holds a numeric value of 400 in the Armenian numeral system, where letters were used as numbers. In modern usage, it appears in both Eastern and Western Armenian dialects, functioning as a standard consonant in words such as "նոր" (nor, meaning "new") and "անուն" (anun, meaning "name"). As part of the unified Armenian block in Unicode, it is widely supported across digital platforms, enabling correct text representation for Armenian speakers worldwide.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0576
Version Added	1.1
Name	Armenian Small Letter Now
Block	Armenian
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ն
HTML Hex Encoding	ն
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD5 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0576
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000576
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0576

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ն" U+0546 Armenian Capital Letter Now
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ն" U+0546 Armenian Capital Letter Now
Uppercase Code Point	"Ն" U+0546 Armenian Capital Letter Now
Titlecase Code Point	"Ն" U+0546 Armenian Capital Letter Now
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Armenian
Script Extensions	Armenian
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	Lower