U+B12F "넯" Hangul Syllable Nelb Unicode Character
U+B12F "넯" Hangul Syllable Nelb is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used to write the Korean language, specifically representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄴ" (n), the vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant "ㄼ" (lb), resulting in the sound "nelb." This character is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all 11,172 possible modern Hangul syllables in a systematic order based on the initial, medial, and final letters (choseong, jungseong, and jongseong). As a fully formed syllable, "넯" is typically used in Korean text without needing separate composition from its individual jamo components, ensuring compatibility and display across digital platforms. While it is a valid and recognized syllable in the Hangul writing system, it is rarely used in common Korean vocabulary, as the consonant cluster "ㄼ" (lb) at the end of a syllable is relatively uncommon in everyday words.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B12F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nelb |
| 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 "ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 넯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 넯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x84 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB12F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B12F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub12f |