U+0782 "ނ" Thaana Letter Noonu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ނ
U+0782 "ނ" Thaana Letter Noonu is a character used in the Thaana script, primarily employed to write the Dhivehi language spoken in the Maldives. This letter represents the alveolar nasal consonant sound /n/, akin to the English "n" in words like "no". In the Thaana script, which writes from right to left and incorporates elements from Arabic and Indic scripts, Noonu is distinguished by its specific shape and diacritic possibilities that modify vowel sounds. As part of the Unicode standard, this character ensures digital text processing and consistent representation of Dhivehi across computer systems and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0782 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Thaana Letter Noonu |
| Block | Thaana |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ނ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ނ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDE 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0782 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000782 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0782 |