U+B140 "녀" Hangul Syllable Nyeo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
녀
U+B140 "녀" Hangul Syllable Nyeo is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄴ" (n) and the vowel "ㅕ" (yeo). It is one of thousands of syllables encoded in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which allows for efficient digital representation of Korean text. This character is commonly used in Korean vocabulary and grammar, appearing in words such as "여자" (woman, though note that in South Korean standard spelling the initial "녀" is often realized as "여" after certain consonants) and "녀석" (a colloquial term for a guy or fellow), showcasing its role in everyday language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B140 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nyeo |
| 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 "ᅧ" U+1167 Hangul Jungseong Yeo |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 녀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 녀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x85 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB140 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B140 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub140 |