U+B0A9 "납" Hangul Syllable Nab Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
납
U+B0A9 "납" Hangul Syllable Nab is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic value "nab." It is formed from the initial consonant 니은 (nieun, 'ㄴ'), the medial vowel 아 (a, 'ㅏ'), and the final consonant 비읍 (bieup, 'ㅂ'), combining to create a single, indivisible character block. This syllable appears in various Korean words, such as 납품 (napum, meaning delivery or supply) and 납세자 (napseja, meaning taxpayer), and is used in everyday language for concepts related to submitting, paying, or being flat or base in shape. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it enables accurate digital representation and text processing of the Korean language across modern computing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B0A9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nab |
| 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 "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 납 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 납 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x82 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB0A9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B0A9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub0a9 |