U+080D "ࠍ" Samaritan Letter Nun Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+080D "ࠍ" Samaritan Letter Nun is a character used in the Samaritan script, an ancient alphabet derived from Paleo-Hebrew and employed primarily by the Samaritan community for writing liturgical and religious texts in Samaritan Hebrew and Aramaic. This letter corresponds to the Hebrew letter Nun and represents the sound /n/, serving as the fourteenth character in the Samaritan alphabet. It is distinct from its Hebrew counterpart in form, featuring a curved shape with a descending stroke, and plays a key role in preserving the textual traditions of the Samaritan Pentateuch and other sacred writings, which are among the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+080D |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Samaritan Letter Nun |
| Block | Samaritan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࠍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࠍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA0 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x080D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000080D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u080d |