U+1046F "𐑯" Shavian Letter Nun Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐑯

U+1046F "𐑯" Shavian Letter Nun is part of the Shavian alphabet, designed to provide a phonetic representation of the English language that eliminates many of the irregularities of traditional English spelling. This character represents the sound of the letter "n" as in the word "new," and its name "Nun" was chosen to align with a consistent naming convention based on the sound's phonetic value rather than historical letter names. Developed originally by Ronald Kingsley Read in the mid-20th century as a response to George Bernard Shaw's call for a simplified English alphabet, the Shavian script sees limited modern use, primarily among enthusiasts of constructed scripts and those advocating for spelling reform, with Nun being a relatively common character for its role in forming many basic English words.

General Properties

Code Point U+1046F
Version Added 4.0
Name Shavian Letter Nun
Block Shavian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐑯
HTML Hex Encoding 𐑯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x91 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDC6F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001046F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udc6f

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 Shavian
Script Extensions Shavian
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