U+0D1E "ഞ" Malayalam Letter Nya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ഞ
U+0D1E "ഞ" Malayalam Letter Nya is a character from the Malayalam script used to write the Malayalam language primarily in the Indian state of Kerala. It represents the palatal nasal consonant sound, similar to the "ny" sound in the English word "canyon," and is classified as a consonant in the abugida writing system where each character inherently carries a vowel sound, typically the short vowel "a." This letter is an integral part of the Malayalam alphabet, appearing in the fifth row of consonants in the traditional sequencing, and is used in a variety of common words and syllables within the language's rich literary and spoken traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0D1E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Malayalam Letter Nya |
| Block | Malayalam |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ഞ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ഞ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB4 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0D1E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000D1E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0d1e |