U+0BA3 "ண" Tamil Letter Nna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ண
U+0BA3 "ண" Tamil Letter Nna is a distinct character in the Tamil script, representing a retroflex nasal consonant sound, pronounced by curling the tongue back to touch the roof of the mouth, similar to the 'n' in the English word "barn" but with a heavier, more retroflex articulation. It is classified as a consonant in the Tamil abugida, where it typically carries an inherent vowel 'a' unless modified by a vowel sign, and it appears in words such as "கண்" (kaṇ) meaning "eye". This character is essential for accurately writing and pronouncing many Tamil words that require this specific retroflex sound, distinguishing it from other Tamil nasal letters like the dental "ந" or the alveolar "ன".
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0BA3 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Tamil Letter Nna |
| Block | Tamil |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ண |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ண |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAE 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0BA3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000BA3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ba3 |