U+31AB "ㆫ" Bopomofo Letter Unn Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+31AB "ㆫ" Bopomofo Letter Unn is a specialized phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (Zhuyin Fuhao) system, primarily employed in Taiwanese Mandarin education and some linguistic transcriptions to represent the sound of a nasalized final vowel, often corresponding to a closed front rounded or unrounded nasal in certain dialects or historical contexts. Unlike the more common Bopomofo characters, this letter is less frequently encountered in standard modern Mandarin but appears in extended phonetic notation for Minnan and Hakka languages, or in early Mandarin phonetic notation. Visually, the character resembles a stylized arc or hook with a small dot, distinguishing it from similar Bopomofo letters, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures accurate digital representation and preservation of these diverse phonetic traditions.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㆫ
HTML Hex Encoding ㆫ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x86 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0x31AB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000031AB
C/C++/Java Escape \u31ab

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