U+B176 "녶" Hangul Syllable Nyep Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B176 "녶" Hangul Syllable Nyep is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "nyep," which is formed by combining the initial consonant 'ㄴ' (n), the medial vowel 'ㅖ' (ye), and the final consonant 'ㅂ' (p) into a single encoded character. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is primarily used in modern and historical Korean text to accurately represent words or names that require this specific phonetic combination. While not as common as some other syllables, it is essential for correct spelling and pronunciation in the Korean writing system, particularly for certain loanwords or native Korean terms.

General Properties

Code Point U+B176
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Nyep
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
"ᇁ" U+11C1 Hangul Jongseong Phieuph

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 녶
HTML Hex Encoding 녶
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x85 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB176
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B176
C/C++/Java Escape \ub176

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