U+B0EC "냬" Hangul Syllable Nyae Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B0EC "냬" Hangul Syllable Nyae is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "nyae" as a combination of the initial consonant ᄂ (nieun, sounding like "n") and the vowel ㅒ (yae). Unlike simpler syllables formed with basic vowels, "냬" uses the complex vowel ㅒ, which itself combines ㅣ (i) and ㅐ (ae) to produce a single "yae" sound. This syllable is relatively rare in modern Korean vocabulary, appearing in some loanwords or onomatopoeic expressions rather than in common native Korean words. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that the syllable can be correctly encoded and rendered across digital platforms, preserving the full range of Korean written language.

General Properties

Code Point U+B0EC
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Nyae
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "ᄂ" U+1102 Hangul Choseong Nieun
"ᅤ" U+1164 Hangul Jungseong Yae

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 냬
HTML Hex Encoding 냬
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x83 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB0EC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B0EC
C/C++/Java Escape \ub0ec

Unicode Properties

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