U+A790 "Ꞑ" Latin Capital Letter N with Descender Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+A790 "Ꞑ" Latin Capital Letter N with Descender is a typographic variant of the letter N that features a downward hook or tail extending below the baseline, known as a descender. This character is primarily used in the orthographies of certain African languages, such as the Ewe and Hassanïya Arabic Berber scripts, where it represents a distinct phonetic value, typically a velar nasal or a similar sound not adequately covered by the standard Latin alphabet. It belongs to the Latin Extended-D block and is encoded to support linguistic diversity, serving as a crucial tool for accurate written representation in those languages.
General Properties
Code Point
U+A790
Name
Latin Capital Letter N with Descender
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
Ꞑ
HTML Hex Encoding
Ꞑ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEA 0x9E 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding
0xA790
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000A790
C/C++/Java Escape
\ua790
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Lowercase Code Point
Lowercase Code Point
Simple Case Folding
Case Folding
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Latin