U+0C99 "ಙ" Kannada Letter Nga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ಙ
U+0C99 "ಙ" Kannada Letter Nga is the fifth consonant in the Kannada script, representing the velar nasal sound similar to the "ng" in the English word "sing." It is used primarily in writing the Kannada language, one of the major Dravidian languages of India, and appears in words such as "ಅಂಗ" meaning body. This character is often found in combination with other consonants in conjunct forms and is an essential component of the Kannada syllabary, which is derived from the Brahmi script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C99 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Kannada Letter Nga |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ಙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ಙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB2 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C99 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C99 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c99 |