U+B1B4 "놴" Hangul Syllable Nwaen Unicode Character
U+B1B4 "놴" Hangul Syllable Nwaen is a precomposed syllable representing the Korean sound "nwaen," formed by combining the initial consonant ᄂ (n), the medial vowel ᅪ (wa), and the final consonant ᄂ (n) within the Hangul script. This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of the Unicode standard, which encodes a comprehensive set of 11,172 precomposed syllables that cover all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants. As a precomposed form, U+B1B4 allows for efficient text processing and display by eliminating the need to dynamically combine individual jamo (Hangul letters) into a syllable block, ensuring consistent rendering across digital platforms. While the syllable "놴" itself is not a common word in modern Korean, it exemplifies how Unicode systematically encodes the full range of phonetic permutations in the language’s writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B1B4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nwaen |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "놰" U+B1B0 Hangul Syllable Nwae "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 놴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 놴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x86 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB1B4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B1B4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub1b4 |