U+B096 "낖" Hangul Syllable Ggip Unicode Character
U+B096 "낖" Hangul Syllable Ggip is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, representing the sound "Ggip" as a single encoded unit. It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which systematically encodes all possible combinations of initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants in the Korean writing system. This specific character combines the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a doubled or tense 'k' sound), the medial vowel "ㅣ" (the 'i' sound), and the final consonant "ㅂ" (a 'p' sound). While it adheres to the standard phonological and typographic rules of Hangul, "낖" is a very rare or nonstandard syllable in actual Korean usage, appearing more as a structural possibility within the Unicode encoding scheme than as a common word. Its presence in Unicode ensures that the theoretical completeness of Hangul syllable representation is maintained across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B096 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggip |
| 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 "ᇁ" U+11C1 Hangul Jongseong Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 낖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 낖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x82 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB096 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B096 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub096 |