U+10F3B "𐼻" Sogdian Letter Nun Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐼻

U+10F3B "𐼻" Sogdian Letter Nun is a glyph from the Sogdian script, a writing system historically used for the Sogdian language, an Eastern Iranian language spoken in Central Asia along the Silk Road. This specific letter represents the sound /n/ and belongs to a family of scripts derived from Aramaic, which later influenced the development of the Old Uyghur, Mongolian, and even Manchu alphabets. By encoding this character, Unicode helps preserve and facilitate the digital study of ancient texts, including Buddhist, Manichaean, and commercial documents that were once written by Sogdian merchants and scribes.

General Properties

Code Point U+10F3B
Version Added 11.0
Name Sogdian Letter Nun
Block Sogdian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐼻
HTML Hex Encoding 𐼻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xBC 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD803 0xDF3B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010F3B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud803\udf3b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Dual Joining
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Sogdian
Script Extensions Sogdian
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