U+0A9E "ઞ" Gujarati Letter Nya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ઞ
U+0A9E "ઞ" Gujarati Letter Nya is a consonant in the Gujarati script, representing the palatal nasal sound, similar to the "ny" sound found in the English word "canyon" or the Spanish "ñ." It is classified as a letter in the Gujarati range of Unicode and is used primarily in the Gujarati language, which is spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat. This character is an essential part of the Gujarati abugida, where it typically appears with an inherent vowel sound that can be modified by diacritical marks. The letter ઞ is distinct from other nasal consonants in the script and is less frequently used than some other letters, often appearing in loanwords or specific lexical contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0A9E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Gujarati Letter Nya |
| Block | Gujarati |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ઞ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ઞ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAA 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0A9E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000A9E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0a9e |