U+31A5 "ㆥ" Bopomofo Letter Enn Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+31A5 "ㆥ" Bopomofo Letter Enn is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (or Zhuyin Fuhao) system of transcription, which is employed primarily in Taiwan to represent the sounds of Mandarin Chinese. This specific character stands for the syllable-final nasal sound "nn" or "en," functioning as a specialized letter to denote a closed, nasalized vowel or final consonant that does not correspond to the standard initials or finals found in the basic 37-character Bopomofo set. It falls within the Bopomofo Extended block of the Unicode standard, which adds supplementary phonetic notations for dialects or specific linguistic contexts. In modern usage, the Bopomofo Letter Enn is rare but can appear in educational materials or linguistic texts to precisely transcribe certain pronunciations where the "en" sound is emphasized in colloquial or regional speech, thereby serving as a niche tool for accurate phonetic representation.

General Properties

Code Point U+31A5
Version Added 3.0
Name Bopomofo Letter Enn
Block Bopomofo Extended
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㆥ
HTML Hex Encoding ㆥ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x86 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0x31A5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000031A5
C/C++/Java Escape \u31a5

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 Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Bopomofo
Script Extensions Bopomofo
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter