U+B1A9 "놩" Hangul Syllable Nwang Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
놩
U+B1A9 "놩" Hangul Syllable Nwang is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the phonetic sound "nwang." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄂ (ni-eun, representing the "n" sound), the medial vowel ᅪ (wa, a diphthong combining "o" and "a"), and the final consonant ᆼ (ieung, representing the velar nasal "ng" sound). This syllable is part of the Korean writing system and appears in the Unicode Standard as a single encoded character, which simplifies text processing for modern Korean digital environments. Its use is primarily in historical or specialized Korean vocabulary, as the syllable "nwang" is rare in contemporary standard Korean and often occurs in transliterations or archaic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B1A9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nwang |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 놩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 놩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x86 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB1A9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B1A9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub1a9 |