U+B253 "뉓" Hangul Syllable Nwec Unicode Character
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 |