U+B159 "녙" Hangul Syllable Nyeot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
녙
U+B159 "녙" Hangul Syllable Nyeot is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul syllabary used in the Korean writing system. It represents the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "nieun" (ㄴ), the medial vowel "yeo" (ㅕ), and the final consonant "tieut" (ㅌ), resulting in the syllable sound "nyeot". As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is encoded for use in digital text to accurately represent the Korean language, particularly in contexts such as word formation, names, or specific vocabulary where this syllable appears. Its inclusion allows for consistent electronic communication and rendering of Korean text across platforms and software.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B159 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nyeot |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "녀" U+B140 Hangul Syllable Nyeo "ᇀ" U+11C0 Hangul Jongseong Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 녙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 녙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x85 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB159 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B159 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub159 |