U+1090D "𐤍" Phoenician Letter Nun Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1090D "𐤍" Phoenician Letter Nun is a graphic symbol representing the fourteenth letter of the Phoenician alphabet, corresponding to the consonant sound "n." Its name derives from the Phoenician word for "fish," reflecting the letter's original pictographic origin as a depiction of a fish or serpent. This ancient script, used primarily between 1200 and 300 BCE, served as the precursor to many later alphabets, including Greek and Latin, with Nun evolving into the Greek letter Nu and eventually the Latin N. In the Unicode standard, it belongs to the Phoenician block, ensuring digital preservation of this historically significant writing system.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1090D
Name
Phoenician Letter Nun
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𐤍
HTML Hex Encoding
𐤍
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0xA4 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD802 0xDD0D
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001090D
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud802\udd0d
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Phoenician