What 𐒏 means
𐒏 is the osmanya letter kaaf. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Osmanya block; this site shelves it under African scripts.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
𐒏 is a single code point, U1048F. In HTML that is 𐒏, and in CSS \1048F.
Part of the collection
Who writes 𐒏
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐒏 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 𐒏
1How to type or find 𐒏
- Search it as
- kaaf · cismaanya · far soomaali · somali script
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐒏\1048FCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

