U+B159 "녙" Hangul Syllable Nyeot Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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