U+B0A8 "남" Hangul Syllable Nam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
남
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 |