U+104E9 "𐓩" Osage Small Letter Na Unicode Character

U+104E9 "𐓩" Osage Small Letter Na is a glyph used in the modern Osage script, which was created in the early 21st century to write the Osage language spoken by the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. This specific character represents the consonant sound "n" and is the lowercase form of its uppercase counterpart, U+104B7. As part of the Osage alphabet, which includes 29 letters, this character plays a vital role in preserving and revitalizing the Osage language, a member of the Dhegihan branch of the Siouan language family. Its inclusion in Unicode underscores the effort to support underrepresented writing systems in digital communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+104E9
Version Added	9.0
Name	Osage Small Letter Na
Block	Osage
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐓩
HTML Hex Encoding	𐓩
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x93 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD801 0xDCE9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000104E9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud801\udce9

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
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"𐓁" U+104C1 Osage Capital Letter Na
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"𐓁" U+104C1 Osage Capital Letter Na
Uppercase Code Point	"𐓁" U+104C1 Osage Capital Letter Na
Titlecase Code Point	"𐓁" U+104C1 Osage Capital Letter Na
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Osage
Script Extensions	Osage
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	Lower