U+2099 "ₙ" Latin Subscript Small Letter N Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ₙ
U+2099 "ₙ" Latin Subscript Small Letter N is a typographic glyph designed for use in phonetic and mathematical notation, representing a smaller version of the lowercase letter n that sits below the baseline. It is part of the Superscripts and Subscripts block within Unicode and is often employed in linguistic transcriptions to indicate a nasal consonant or in scientific formulas as a subscript marker, such as in chemical formulas or indexing sequences. This character has a distinct code point separate from regular text, ensuring it retains its subscripted appearance across different digital platforms and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2099 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Latin Subscript Small Letter N |
| Block | Superscripts and Subscripts |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Sub |
| Decomposition Mapping | "n" U+006E Latin Small Letter N |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ₙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ₙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x82 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2099 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002099 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2099 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Other Lowercase | Yes |
| Case Ignorable | Yes |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "n" U+006E Latin Small Letter N |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "n" U+006E Latin Small Letter N |
| Script | Latin |
| Script Extensions | Latin |
| 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 |