U+B223 "눣" Hangul Syllable Nweogs Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B223 "눣" Hangul Syllable Nweogs is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul orthography used to write the Korean language. It represents the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄴ" (n), the medial vowel "ㅚ" (oe), and the final consonant "ㄳ" (gs), pronounced as approximately [nweks] or [nwøk̚] in standard Korean. This specific syllable is rarely used in everyday vocabulary but can appear in transcribed foreign words, archaic texts, or technical linguistic contexts. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures consistent digital representation across platforms for accurate rendering and processing of Korean text.

General Properties

Code Point U+B223
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Nweogs
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "눠" U+B220 Hangul Syllable Nweo
"ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 눣
HTML Hex Encoding 눣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x88 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB223
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B223
C/C++/Java Escape \ub223

Unicode Properties

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