Nun (letter)

Nun
Phoenician
𐤍
Hebrew
נ
Aramaic
𐡍
Syriac
ܢ
Arabic
ن
Phonemic representationn
Position in alphabet14
Numerical value50
Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician
GreekΝ
LatinN
CyrillicН

Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic nūn ن‎, Aramaic nūn 𐡍, Hebrew nūn נ‎, Phoenician nūn 𐤍‎, and Syriac nūn ܢ,. Its numerical value is 50. It is the third letter in Thaana (ނ), pronounced as "noonu". In all languages, it represents the alveolar nasal /n/.

The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek nu (Ν), Etruscan N, Latin N, and Cyrillic Н.