U+AB3B "ꬻ" Latin Small Letter N with Crossed-Tail Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꬻ
U+AB3B "ꬻ" Latin Small Letter N with Crossed-Tail is a grapheme used primarily in phonetic transcription, specifically within the context of the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet or similar linguistic notations. Its distinctive feature, a crossed tail extending from the bottom of the standard Latin lowercase "n," indicates a specific articulation, typically representing a retroflex or palatal nasal sound in certain languages or scholarly works. This character was added to the Unicode Standard to ensure precise and consistent digital representation of specialized phonetic and orthographic systems that require such nuanced symbols.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB3B |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter N with Crossed-Tail |
| Block | Latin Extended-E |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꬻ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꬻ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAC 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB3B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB3B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab3b |