U+09A3 "ণ" Bengali Letter Nna Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+09A3 "ণ" Bengali Letter Nna is a consonant used in the Bengali script, representing a retroflex nasal sound that is distinct from the dental nasal consonant "ন". This character corresponds to the tenth consonant in the Bengali abugida and is essential for the accurate spelling and pronunciation of many words, particularly those derived from Sanskrit or other Indo-Aryan languages where retroflex consonants are common. In the Unicode standard, it is allocated to the Bengali block and requires proper rendering support from compatible fonts and software to display correctly in digital text.

General Properties

Code Point U+09A3
Version Added 1.1
Name Bengali Letter Nna
Block Bengali
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ণ
HTML Hex Encoding ণ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xA6 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0x09A3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000009A3
C/C++/Java Escape \u09a3

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 Bengali
Script Extensions Bengali
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
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