U+080D "ࠍ" Samaritan Letter Nun Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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
Script Samaritan
Script Extensions Samaritan
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 OLetter