U+0A23 "ਣ" Gurmukhi Letter Nna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ਣ
U+0A23 "ਣ" Gurmukhi Letter Nna is a consonant used in the Gurmukhi script, primarily for writing the Punjabi language. It represents a retroflex nasal sound, similar to the "n" in "burn" but pronounced with the tongue curled back against the palate, and is classified as the twenty-fifth character in the Gurmukhi alphabet's consonant inventory. This letter is distinct in that it is one of the three nasal consonants in the script, each associated with a different row of articulation, and it plays a key role in distinguishing meaning in words like "ਘੋਣੀ" (grasshopper) versus its non nasal counterparts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A23 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gurmukhi Letter Nna |
| Block | Gurmukhi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ਣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ਣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA8 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A23 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a23 |