U+B0CB "냋" Hangul Syllable Naec Unicode Character
U+B0CB "냋" Hangul Syllable Naec is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄴ" (n), the medial vowel "ㅐ" (ae), and the final consonant "ㅋ" (k). This syllable is read as "naek" and is one of many possible syllabic blocks formed by arranging jamo (the individual letters of Hangul) into a single square character. While it exists as a valid, encoded character for digital text, the syllable "냋" is extremely rare in standard Korean vocabulary and is primarily encountered in specialized contexts such as transliteration, dialectal writing, or occasional nonsensical or poetic usage. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that any theoretically possible Hangul syllable, even if obscure, can be represented and processed consistently across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B0CB |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Naec |
| 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 "ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 냋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 냋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x83 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB0CB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B0CB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub0cb |