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ᴺ

modifier letter capital n

Modifier Letter Capital N

ᴺ is a raised phonetic N, and its reading depends on the transcription system around it. In UPA, superscript letters mark very short sounds or transitions; Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī marks vowel nasalization with lowercase ⁿ, not this capital form. Check the surrounding notation before assigning ᴺ one fixed sound.

Text symbol
Also called
superscript capital n · raised capital n
Search it as
IPA · UPA · Hokkien · Pe̍h-ōe-jī · raised N · superscript N · nasal release · nasalization
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ᴺ means

Read its system and place in the transcription.

The Uralic Phonetic Alphabet (UPA) uses superscript letters for very short sounds or transitions. It records sounds in Uralic languages, a family that includes Finnish and Hungarian. A Unicode proposal in 2002 said UPA had already been used for more than a century; it sought plain-text characters to preserve phonetic detail in searchable text. The 2003 date marks this character’s encoding, not the start of the notation.

Is ᴺ the same as ⁿ or ɴ?

No; similar shapes do not make them interchangeable.

ⁿ is a raised lowercase n. IPA uses it for a brief nasal release after a consonant. Pe̍h-ōe-jī, a Latin-letter spelling system for Hokkien, puts ⁿ after a vowel to show nasalization: air also flows through the nose. That Hokkien mark is ⁿ, not this capital ᴺ.

ɴ sits on the baseline. In IPA it represents a voiced nasal made near the uvula, the small part of the throat behind the tongue.

Technical notation. In casual chat, a lone ᴺ can look like specialist text without a shared legend.

Hokkien’s raised lowercase ⁿ is not this capital form.

What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings
In UPA transcription
The raised position marks a very short sound or transition; the notation determines the exact reading.
After a consonant in IPA-style notation
A raised N may add a short nasal release or element; placement and the transcription key decide which.
Alone in a chat message
It has no shared reading without a phonetic system or source; ask which notation the sender used.

Don't confuse it with

3
ⁿ
Superscript Latin Small Letter N
Raised lowercase n: IPA uses it for nasal release, and Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī uses it after a vowel for nasalization.
ɴ
Latin Letter Small Capital N
A baseline small-capital N; in IPA it names a voiced nasal made near the uvula.
ᶰ
Modifier Letter Small Capital N
A raised small-capital N with a different Unicode identity from ᴺ.

Questions people ask

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Does ᴺ mark vowel nasalization in Hokkien?

No. Pe̍h-ōe-jī marks a nasalized vowel with raised lowercase ⁿ after the vowel; that is a different character.

How to type ᴺ

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1D3A, then Alt+X to get ᴺ.
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 “modifier letter capital n”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1d3a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ᴺ
CSS
\1D3A
Unicode-aware character picker
Search “Modifier Letter Capital N” to type ᴺ; code-entry shortcuts vary by app.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ᴺ
HTML hex
ᴺ
CSS content
content: "\1D3A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%B4%BA
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
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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