U+B245 "뉅" Hangul Syllable Nwelg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B245 "뉅" Hangul Syllable Nwelg is a precomposed syllable used in the Korean writing system, representing the sound "nwelg." It is formed from the initial consonant ᄂ (n), the medial vowel ᅰ (we), and the final consonant ᆰ (lg), which together create a single block character as part of the modern Hangul Syllables block. This specific syllable is relatively rare in everyday Korean language use, but it demonstrates the systematic and combinatory structure of Hangul, where individual jamo (letters) are arranged into syllabic clusters. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all possible valid syllables in Korean can be digitally represented and processed.

General Properties

Code Point U+B245
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Nwelg
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "눼" U+B23C Hangul Syllable Nwe
"ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뉅
HTML Hex Encoding 뉅
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x89 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB245
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B245
C/C++/Java Escape \ub245

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