En with descender

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Cyrillic letter
En with descender
Cyrillic letter Ng.svg
Unicode (hex)
Majuscule: U+04A2
Minuscule: U+04A3
Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
А Б В Г Ґ Д Ђ
Ѓ Е Ѐ Ё Є Ж З
Ѕ И Ѝ І Ї Й Ј
К Л Љ М Н Њ О
П Р С Т Ћ Ќ У
Ў Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш
Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ Ӓ Ә Ӛ Ӕ Ғ Ҕ
Ӻ Ӷ Ԁ Ԃ Ӗ Ӂ
Җ Ӝ Ԅ Ҙ Ӟ Ԑ Ӡ
Ԇ Ӣ Ҋ Ӥ Қ Ӄ Ҡ
Ҟ Ҝ Ԟ Ԛ Ӆ Ԓ Ԡ
Ԉ Ԕ Ӎ Ӊ Ң Ӈ Ҥ
Ԣ Ԋ Ӧ Ө Ӫ Ҩ Ԥ
Ҧ Ҏ Ԗ Ҫ Ԍ Ҭ Ԏ
Ӯ Ӱ Ӳ Ү Ұ Ҳ Ӽ
Ӿ Һ Ԧ Ҵ Ҷ Ӵ Ӌ
Ҹ Ҽ Ҿ Ӹ Ҍ Ӭ
Ԙ Ԝ Ӏ
Archaic letters
Ҁ Ѻ Ѹ Ѡ Ѿ Ѣ
Ѥ Ѧ Ѫ Ѩ Ѭ Ѯ
Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ    
List of Cyrillic letters
Cyrillic digraphs

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 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
Dungan ың
Kalmyk
Kazakh
Khakas
Kyrgyz ың
Tatar эң [eŋ]
Turkmen
Tuvan
Uyghur

Computing codes [edit]

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 [edit]