U+10492 "𐒒" Osmanya Letter Nuun Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐒒

U+10492 "𐒒" Osmanya Letter Nuun is a script symbol from the Osmanya alphabet, which was created in the early 20th century by Osman Yusuf Kenadid to write the Somali language. This letter represents the consonant sound [n], equivalent to the Latin letter "N," and is part of a writing system designed to replace Arabic script for Somali, though it saw limited adoption. Today, Osmanya is used primarily for ceremonial and cultural purposes, and U+10492 is encoded in the Unicode standard under the "Osmanya" block to preserve this historical orthography for digital representation.

General Properties

Code Point U+10492
Version Added 4.0
Name Osmanya Letter Nuun
Block Osmanya
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐒒
HTML Hex Encoding 𐒒
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x92 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDC92
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010492
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udc92

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 Osmanya
Script Extensions Osmanya
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