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devanagari letter nna

Devanagari Letter Nna

Devanagari, a script used for Hindi and Sanskrit, writes ण as a retroflex n: the tongue tip curls back, unlike dental न near the teeth. Sanskrit distinguishes the sounds; Hindi retains ण in Sanskrit-derived spellings even where speech may merge them. Before a curled-back consonant, Hindi can write the matching n as ं.

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What ण means

The tongue tip curls back to make this n sound. That position is retroflex; न is dental. Many Hindi dialects pronounce ण closer to न, though spelling preserves the distinction.

Devanagari developed from the older Brahmi script through Gupta and Nagari forms. It emerged from Gupta in the 7th century CE and matured around the 13th century CE, serving Sanskrit inscriptions and religious manuscripts as well as writing in everyday languages.

In Hindi, anusvara is the dot ं; it can mark an n formed where the next consonant is pronounced. Before retroflex ट, it marks the matching n, as in घंटा. ण has not literally changed into ं.

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Who writes ण

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Don't confuse it with

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Devanagari Letter Na

Dental न is made near the teeth; ण is retroflex. Hindi speech may merge them, but spelling keeps the letters distinct.

Alphabet

Hindi alphabet50 letters

ॐअआइईउऊऋऌऍएऐऑओऔकखगघङचछजझञटठडढणतथदधनपफबभमयरलळवशषसहऽ

Questions people ask

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Why does ण show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

Collections with ण

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🇳🇵Nepal Emoji & Symbols124 symbols

How to type or find ण

Search it as: retroflex n · ण vs न
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 0923, then AltX to get ण.

Windows

⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).

macOS

⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “devanagari letter nna”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 0923, then Enter or Space.

HTML

ण

CSS

\0923

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

ण

HTML hex

ण

CSS content

content: "\0923";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%E0%A4%A3

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On screen

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Code points

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JS .length

3

UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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Indian scripts3,440 symbols

ऀ ँ ं ः ऄ अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ

Devanagari170 symbols

ऀ ँ ं ः ऄ अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ