U+1B083 "𛂃" Hentaigana Letter Na-6 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛂃
U+1B083 "𛂃" Hentaigana Letter Na-6 is a specific variant form of the Japanese hiragana character "な" (na), belonging to the historical and cursive hentaigana script system that was widely used in Japan before the standardisation of kana in the early 20th century. This particular glyph, officially designated as "Na-6" in the Unicode Hentaigana block, originates from a stylised or abbreviated rendition of the Chinese character "奈" (nai) from which it was derived, reflecting the calligraphic and aesthetic diversity found in pre-modern Japanese manuscripts. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent these historical writing forms, which are important for the accurate study and reproduction of classical Japanese texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B083 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter Na-6 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛂃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛂃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x82 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDC83 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B083 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udc83 |