U+B088 "낈" Hangul Syllable Ggils Unicode Character
U+B088 "낈" Hangul Syllable Ggils is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic block "ggils." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (ssanggiyeok, a doubled "g/k" sound), the medial vowel "ㅣ" (i), and the final consonant "ㄹㅅ" (rieul and siot, forming the cluster "ls"). This character falls within the Hangul Syllables block of the Unicode standard, specifically in the range used for precomposed syllables that become more common in less frequent or specialized vocabulary. In Korean text, "낈" is rarely encountered in everyday language, appearing primarily in technical, historical, or dialectal contexts, such as in transcriptions of foreign words or archaic terms, where precise phonetic representation is required.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B088 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggils |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "끼" U+B07C Hangul Syllable Ggi "ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 낈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 낈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x82 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB088 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B088 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub088 |