U+1B08F "𛂏" Hentaigana Letter Nu-1 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𛂏
U+1B08F "𛂏" Hentaigana Letter Nu-1 is a historic variant of the Japanese hiragana character for the syllable "nu" (normally written as ぬ), belonging to the set of hentaigana, or alternative cursive forms used before the standardization of Japanese writing in the early 20th century. This specific glyph was included in the Unicode standard as part of the Hentaigana block, which was added in version 10.0 in 2017 to support historical and literary texts. Unlike modern hiragana, hentaigana like this character often appear in pre-modern documents, calligraphy, and certain traditional contexts, offering a glimpse into the evolution of written Japanese.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1B08F |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Hentaigana Letter Nu-1 |
| Block | Kana Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𛂏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𛂏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9B 0x82 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82C 0xDC8F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001B08F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82c\udc8f |