U+0B9E "ஞ" Tamil Letter Nya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+0B9E "ஞ" Tamil Letter Nya is a character in the Tamil abugida, representing the palatal nasal consonant sound, approximately akin to the "ny" in the English word "canyon." It is the tenth letter of the Tamil alphabet, classified as a soft consonant or mellinum letter. In Tamil phonology and grammar, it holds a distinct role, often appearing at the beginning of words or in compound forms, and it is integral to writing various native and borrowed terms in the Tamil script, which is used primarily in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0B9E
Name
Tamil Letter Nya
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ஞ
HTML Hex Encoding
ஞ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xAE 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0B9E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000B9E
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0b9e
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Tamil