U+B26C "뉬" Hangul Syllable Nwiss Unicode Character
U+B26C "뉬" Hangul Syllable Nwiss is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "n" (니은), the medial vowel "wi" (위), and the final consonant "ss" (쌍시옷). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes complete syllables rather than individual jamo components for more efficient text processing and display. Although "뉬" is a valid and standard syllable in Korean orthography, it is relatively rare in everyday vocabulary, appearing primarily in specialized or less common words. Its existence exemplifies how Unicode systematically encodes the full range of Korean syllables to support accurate digital representation of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B26C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nwiss |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뉘" U+B258 Hangul Syllable Nwi "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뉬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뉬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x89 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB26C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B26C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub26c |