U+B253 "뉓" Hangul Syllable Nwec Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B253 "뉓" Hangul Syllable Nwec is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "nwech" or "nwet" in Korean, though it is considered obsolete or rare in modern Korean usage. This syllable is formed by combining the initial consonant letter ᄂ (nieun, representing the "n" sound), the medial vowel ᅰ (we, a combination of "u" and "e"), and the final consonant letter ᆾ (chieut, representing the "t" or "ch" sound). As part of the Hangul Syllables block, this character allows for the direct encoding of this specific syllable as a single character rather than as a sequence of separate jamo letters. While it may not appear frequently in contemporary Korean text, it represents a valid phonetic combination within the systematic structure of the Korean writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+B253
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Nwec
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
"ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뉓
HTML Hex Encoding 뉓
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x89 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB253
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B253
C/C++/Java Escape \ub253

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