U+0C23 "ణ" Telugu Letter Nna Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0C23 "ణ" Telugu Letter Nna is a character in the Telugu script used primarily to write the retroflex nasal consonant sound, similar to the "n" in the English word "burn" but pronounced with the tongue curled back. It is a distinct letter in the Telugu alphabet, representing a phonetic category not found in many other Indian languages, and appears in the Unicode Standard within the Telugu block (U+0C00 to U+0C7F) which was added to support the writing systems of the Telugu language spoken predominantly in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. This character is typically used in forming syllables when combined with vowel signs, and it plays a key role in the accurate representation of native Telugu vocabulary and loanwords from Sanskrit that contain the retroflex nasal sound.

General Properties

Code Point U+0C23
Version Added 1.1
Name Telugu Letter Nna
Block Telugu
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ణ
HTML Hex Encoding ణ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB0 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0C23
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000C23
C/C++/Java Escape \u0c23

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 Telugu
Script Extensions Telugu
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