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ന

malayalam letter na

Malayalam letter na

ന is Malayalam’s na: an n consonant with a built-in a vowel. This Malayalam n is a letter, not a word or emoji; added vowel signs change its vowel.

Text symbol

What ന means

It covers two n sounds. Dental na uses the tongue against the upper teeth; alveolar n uses the ridge just behind them.

Malayalam writing evolved through older scripts. Early records include the Vazhappally inscribed plates of 882–883 CE in Vattezhuttu. Grantha, used for Sanskrit, also contributed letterforms to modern Malayalam.

Part of the collection

മ

Malayalam Alphabets & Letters

Who writes ന

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Questions people ask

Why does ന show as a box?

Usually a font problem. Try a Unicode font that supports Malayalam.

How to type or find ന

Also called: na · dental na
Search it as: Malayalam n
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 0D28, then AltX to get ന.

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 “malayalam letter na”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 0d28, then Enter or Space.

HTML

ന

CSS

\0D28

Malayalam na keyboard

Enable Malayalam phonetic input, type na, and select ന from the suggestions.

Joining consonants

On a Malayalam keyboard, insert virama—the vowel-suppressing sign—before the next consonant to form a cluster.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

ന

HTML hex

ന

CSS content

content: "\0D28";

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

URL encoded

%E0%B4%A8

On screen

Code points

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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

Indian scripts3,440 symbols

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