U+10492 "𐒒" Osmanya Letter Nuun Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+10492 "𐒒" Osmanya Letter Nuun is a script symbol from the Osmanya alphabet, which was created in the early 20th century by Osman Yusuf Kenadid to write the Somali language. This letter represents the consonant sound [n], equivalent to the Latin letter "N," and is part of a writing system designed to replace Arabic script for Somali, though it saw limited adoption. Today, Osmanya is used primarily for ceremonial and cultural purposes, and U+10492 is encoded in the Unicode standard under the "Osmanya" block to preserve this historical orthography for digital representation.
General Properties
Code Point
U+10492
Name
Osmanya Letter Nuun
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𐒒
HTML Hex Encoding
𐒒
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0x92 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD801 0xDC92
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00010492
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud801\udc92
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Osmanya