U+1033D "𐌽" Gothic Letter Nauths Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐌽
U+1033D "𐌽" Gothic Letter Nauths is a character from the Gothic alphabet, an ancient script used primarily for writing the Gothic language, an East Germanic language known from the 4th century Codex Argenteus. This letter, named Nauths, corresponds to the sound /n/ and derives its shape and name from the Elder Futhark rune ᚾ (naudiz), which represents the concept of “need” or “distress.” In the Gothic script, it was used as a consonant to transcribe the language of the Visigoths, preserving early Germanic linguistic heritage within the Unicode standard.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1033D |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Gothic Letter Nauths |
| Block | Gothic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐌽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐌽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x8C 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDF3D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001033D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udf3d |