U+0F44 "ང" Tibetan Letter Nga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ང
U+0F44 "ང" Tibetan Letter Nga is a fundamental component of the Tibetan script, representing the velar nasal consonant sound similar to the "ng" in the English word "sing". It is classified as a consonant letter in the Tibetan abugida, where it functions as a base character that can be modified by various diacritical marks to indicate vowel sounds. Within the Tibetan writing system, the letter "ང" frequently appears as a standalone consonant, a final consonant in syllables, or as a subscript in conjunct forms, and it carries cultural and religious significance as it is used in transliterations of sacred mantras and texts, such as the widely known "Om Mani Padme Hum".
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0F44 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Tibetan Letter Nga |
| Block | Tibetan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ང |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ང |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBD 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0F44 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000F44 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0f44 |