U+1116 "ᄖ" Hangul Choseong Nieun-Pieup Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1116 "ᄖ" Hangul Choseong Nieun-Pieup is a syllable-initial consonant cluster used in the Korean writing system, representing a combination of the consonants Nieun (ㄴ) and Pieup (ㅂ). This character is part of the Hangul Jamo block in Unicode, specifically designed to encode precomposed leading consonant digraphs that occur in historical or typographic contexts. It represents a sound that blends the alveolar nasal "n" with the bilabial stop "p," though it is not commonly used in modern standard Korean, appearing instead in older texts, phonetic transcriptions, or specialized linguistic notation.

General Properties

Code Point U+1116
Version Added 1.1
Name Hangul Choseong Nieun-Pieup
Block Hangul Jamo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᄖ
HTML Hex Encoding ᄖ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x84 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1116
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001116
C/C++/Java Escape \u1116

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul L Jamo
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type Leading Jamo
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=L
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter