En with descender

Cyrillic letter
En with descender
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АБВГҐДЂ
ЃЕЀЁЄЖЗ
З́ЅИЍІЇЙ
ЈКЛЉМНЊ
ОПРСС́ТЋ
ЌУЎФХЦЧ
ЏШЩЪЫЬЭ
ЮЯ
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̄А̊А̃ӒӒ̄Ә
Ә́Ә̃ӚӔҒГ̧Г̑
Г̄ҔӺӶԀԂ
ԪԬӖЕ̄Е̃
Ё̄Є̈ӁҖӜԄ
ҘӞԐԐ̈ӠԆӢ
И̃ҊӤҚӃҠҞ
ҜԞԚӅԮԒԠ
ԈԔӍӉҢԨӇ
ҤԢԊО̆О̃О̄Ӧ
ӨӨ̄ӪҨԤҦР̌
ҎԖҪԌҬ
ԎУ̃ӮӰӰ́Ӳ
ҮҮ́ҰХ̑ҲӼӾ
ҺҺ̈ԦҴҶ
ӴӋҸҼ
ҾЫ̆Ы̄ӸҌЭ̆Э̄
Э̇ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈Ю̈́
Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈ԘԜӀ
Archaic letters
ҀѺ
ОУѠѼѾ
ѢѤѦ
ѪѨѬѮ
ѰѲѴѶ

En with descender (Ң, ң; italics: Ң, ң) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter En 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

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
Salar
Shor эң
Tatar эң (eñ)
Turkmen эң (eň)
Tuvan эң
Uyghur

Computing codes

Character Ң ң
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
EN WITH DESCENDER
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
EN WITH DESCENDER
Encodings decimal hex decimal 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

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