U+B12C "넬" Hangul Syllable Nel Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B12C "넬" Hangul Syllable Nel is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "nel." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄴ" (n), the medial vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant "ㄹ" (l), which together create a single, indivisible character unit typical of Hangul syllabic blocks. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard, this character is used in written Korean to form words and convey meaning, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and devices for the Korean language.

General Properties

Code Point U+B12C
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Nel
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "네" U+B124 Hangul Syllable Ne
"ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 넬
HTML Hex Encoding 넬
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x84 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB12C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B12C
C/C++/Java Escape \ub12c

Unicode Properties

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