U+0B23 "ଣ" Oriya Letter Nna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+0B23 "ଣ" Oriya Letter Nna is a consonant used in the Odia script, representing a retroflex nasal sound, distinct from the dental or alveolar nasals in the language. It is primarily employed in words of Sanskrit origin and in some native Odia vocabulary, typically corresponding to the sound of "ṇ" in transliteration. This character is part of the Oriya Unicode block, which supports the writing system for the Odia language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Odisha, and its correct rendering requires appropriate font support to distinguish it from similar characters like the dental na.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0B23
Name
Oriya Letter Nna
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ଣ
HTML Hex Encoding
ଣ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xAC 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0B23
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000B23
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0b23
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Oriya