U+B1CB "뇋" Hangul Syllable Nwaeh Unicode Character
U+B1CB "뇋" Hangul Syllable Nwaeh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄴ" (n), the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae), and the final consonant "ㅎ" (h), pronounced roughly as "nwaeht" or "nweh". It forms part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains 11,172 precomposed syllables that allow for efficient text representation. While this specific syllable is rarely used in everyday Korean vocabulary, it occasionally appears in more obscure or technical linguistic contexts, such as representing dialectal sounds or outdated spellings. Its existence within the Unicode standard ensures that even uncommon or historical Hangul syllables can be properly encoded and rendered across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B1CB |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nwaeh |
| 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 "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뇋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뇋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x87 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB1CB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B1CB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub1cb |