U+B09E "낞" Hangul Syllable Nanh Unicode Character
U+B09E "낞" Hangul Syllable Nanh is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul script, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄴ" (n), the medial vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant "ㄵ" (nj), resulting in the phonetic value "nanh." This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block within the Unicode standard, specifically allocated to accommodate the complex syllabic structures of modern Korean, where each syllable block represents a distinct morpheme or phonetic unit. While "낞" is a valid and codified character, it is not commonly used in contemporary Korean vocabulary, as syllables ending in the cluster "ㄵ" are rare and typically appear only in specific native or historical contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all possible Hangul syllable combinations, however obscure, are digitally representable for linguistic accuracy, text processing, and preservation of the Korean writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B09E |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nanh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "나" U+B098 Hangul Syllable Na "ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 낞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 낞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x82 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB09E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B09E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub09e |