U+B1A4 "놤" Hangul Syllable Nwam Unicode Character
U+B1A4 "놤" Hangul Syllable Nwam is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic sound "nwam" by combining the initial consonant ᄂ (n), the medial vowel ᅪ (wa), and the final consonant ᄆ (m). This specific character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllables formed from the Korean alphabet in a single code point for efficient text processing and display. As a part of the standard Korean syllabary, "녢" would be used in writing Korean words or names that include the "nwam" sound, though it is less common than more frequent syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital platforms, supporting the preservation and accurate rendering of the Korean language in global computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B1A4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nwam |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "놔" U+B194 Hangul Syllable Nwa "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 놤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 놤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x86 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB1A4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B1A4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub1a4 |