En with descender or Noon (Ң ң; italics: Ң ң) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter En (Н н) by adding a descender to the right leg.
It commonly represents the velar nasal /ŋ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨ng⟩ in "sing".
The Cyrillic letter En with descender is romanized as ⟨ng⟩ or ⟨ñ⟩.
Usage Edit
The Cyrillic letter En with descender is used in the alphabets of the following languages:
Language | name of letter |
---|---|
Bashkir | эң (eñ) |
Dungan | ың (eng) |
Kalmyk | аң (añ) |
Karakalpak | эң (en') |
Kazakh | эң (éñ) |
Khakas | эң/ың |
Kyrgyz | ың |
Shor | эң |
Tatar | эң (eñ) |
Turkmen | эң (eň) |
Tuvan | эң |
Uyghur | әң (eng) |
Computing codes Edit
Preview | Ң | ң | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EN WITH DESCENDER |
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EN WITH DESCENDER | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 1186 | U+04A2 | 1187 | U+04A3 |
UTF-8 | 210 162 | D2 A2 | 210 163 | D2 A3 |
Numeric character reference | Ң |
Ң |
ң |
ң |
See also Edit
- Ӊ ӊ : Cyrillic letter En with tail
- Ӈ ӈ : Cyrillic letter En with hook
- Ҥ ҥ : Cyrillic ligature En Ge
- Ñ ñ : Latin letter Ñ
- Ň ň : Latin letter Ň
- Ń ń : Latin letter Ń
- Ŋ ŋ : Latin letter Eng
- : Latin letter N with descender
- Cyrillic characters in Unicode