U+102B3 "𐊳" Carian Letter Nn Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+102B3 "𐊳" Carian Letter Nn is a character from the Carian alphabet, an ancient script used primarily in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) between the 7th and 3rd centuries BCE to write the Carian language. This specific letter represents a consonantal sound within the Carian writing system, which has been deciphered through bilingual inscriptions and comparative linguistic analysis. As part of the Carian block in Unicode, it enables the digital preservation and study of a now extinct language that was once spoken by the Carians, a people known for their interactions with the Greeks and their presence in the Aegean region. The character's inclusion in Unicode supports historical linguistics and epigraphy by allowing accurate encoding of ancient texts for scholarly research and cultural heritage documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+102B3
Version Added 5.1
Name Carian Letter Nn
Block Carian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐊳
HTML Hex Encoding 𐊳
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x8A 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDEB3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000102B3
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udeb3

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 Carian
Script Extensions Carian
Indic Syllabic Category Other
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