U+0CA3 "ಣ" Kannada Letter Nna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+0CA3 "ಣ" Kannada Letter Nna is a character used in the Kannada script, primarily for the Dravidian languages of southern India, specifically representing a retroflex nasal consonant sound. Visually, it resembles a curved or looped form distinct from the dental "ನ" and is employed in writing words like "ಕಣ" (kana) meaning a particle or unit. This character is encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the Kannada block, with a UTF-8 hex representation of E0 B2 A3 over three bytes. Its inclusion ensures that digital text systems can accurately represent and exchange this essential phonetic element of Kannada orthography.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0CA3
Name
Kannada Letter Nna
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ಣ
HTML Hex Encoding
ಣ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xB2 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0CA3
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000CA3
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0ca3
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Kannada