U+B220 "눠" Hangul Syllable Nweo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B220 "눠" Hangul Syllable Nweo is a precomposed vowel and consonant combination from the modern Hangul Syllables block, representing the Korean syllable "nweo" which is formed by the initial consonant ᄂ (n) and the vowel ᅯ (weo). This syllable is used in the Korean writing system, Hangul, to phonetically represent a sound that appears in various Korean words, often as part of compound syllables or in specific lexical contexts. As part of the Unicode standard, it enables consistent digital encoding and display of Korean text across different platforms and devices, preserving the language's script for communication and computing.

General Properties

Code Point U+B220
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Nweo
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "ᄂ" U+1102 Hangul Choseong Nieun
"ᅯ" U+116F Hangul Jungseong Weo

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 눠
HTML Hex Encoding 눠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x88 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB220
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B220
C/C++/Java Escape \ub220

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LV Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LV 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=LV
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter