U+B16C "녬" Hangul Syllable Nyem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B16C "녬" Hangul Syllable Nyem is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, used to write the Korean language, and it represents the phonetic sound "nyem." This character is formed by combining the initial consonant letter "니은" (nieun, representing the "n" sound) with the "Y" series vowel "ㅖ" (ye, representing the "ye" sound) and the final consonant "미음" (mieum, representing the "m" sound), all within a single encoded code point rather than being typed as separate jamo components. It forms part of the vast Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which provides a complete set of all possible precomposed syllables in the standard Korean writing system, allowing for efficient text processing and display in digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+B16C
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Nyem
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "녜" U+B15C Hangul Syllable Nye
"ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 녬
HTML Hex Encoding 녬
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x85 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB16C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B16C
C/C++/Java Escape \ub16c

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