U+B098 "나" Hangul Syllable Na Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
나
U+B098 "나" Hangul Syllable Na is a precomposed syllable representing the Korean sound "na", formed from the consonant ᄂ (n) and the vowel ㅏ (a), in the Hangul writing system. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations from the Korean alphabet, and it is widely used in modern Korean text for words such as "나" meaning "I" or "me". Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and languages, supporting the accurate rendering and processing of Korean text in computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B098 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Na |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄂ" U+1102 Hangul Choseong Nieun "ᅡ" U+1161 Hangul Jungseong A |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 나 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 나 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x82 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB098 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B098 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub098 |