U+B0C4 "냄" Hangul Syllable Naem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
냄
U+B0C4 "냄" Hangul Syllable Naem is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "naem." It is formed from the initial consonant ᄂ (n), the medial vowel ᅢ (ae), and the final consonant ᄆ (m), combining to create a single syllabic block. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean jamo characters. In practical use, 냄 appears in Korean words and names, such as the verb 냄새 (naemsae, meaning "smell") or as a phonetic element in loanwords and proper nouns. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation and text processing for the Korean language across different platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B0C4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Naem |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "내" U+B0B4 Hangul Syllable Nae "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 냄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 냄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x83 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB0C4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B0C4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub0c4 |