U+0BA8 "ந" Tamil Letter Na Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ந
U+0BA8 "ந" Tamil Letter Na is a fundamental consonant in the Tamil script, representing the alveolar nasal sound /n̪/ as in the English word "name." It belongs to the Tamil syllabary, where it acts as a basic consonant that can combine with vowel markers to form distinct syllables. This character is historically derived from the ancient Brahmi script and is widely used in modern Tamil writing, appearing in common words like "நான்" (nān, meaning "I") and "நீர்" (nīr, meaning "water"). As part of the Tamil block in Unicode, it enables accurate digital representation and exchange of Tamil text across various platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0BA8 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Tamil Letter Na |
| Block | Tamil |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ந |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ந |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xAE 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0BA8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000BA8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ba8 |