U+B0A8 "남" Hangul Syllable Nam Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B0A8 "남" Hangul Syllable Nam is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the combination of the initial consonant "ㄴ" (n) and the vowel "ㅏ" (a) with the final consonant "ㅁ" (m) to produce the sound "nam". This character is widely used in the Korean language, appearing in common words such as "남자" (namja, meaning "man") and "남쪽" (namjjok, meaning "south"), and it is essential for proper text encoding in digital environments, ensuring that Korean text is displayed, stored, and processed correctly across different systems and platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+B0A8
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Nam
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
"ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 남
HTML Hex Encoding 남
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x82 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB0A8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B0A8
C/C++/Java Escape \ub0a8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
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=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter