U+B289 "늉" Hangul Syllable Nyung Unicode Character
U+B289 "늉" Hangul Syllable Nyung is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄴ" (nieun), the medial vowel "ㅠ" (yu), and the final consonant "ㅇ" (ieung) to produce the sound "nyung." This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet. While "늉" is a valid syllable according to Korean phonology, it is not commonly used in standard modern Korean vocabulary, appearing more frequently in specialized contexts such as historical texts, transliterations, or linguistic examples. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that the full range of Hangul syllables can be represented digitally, supporting accurate text processing and display for the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B289 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nyung |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뉴" U+B274 Hangul Syllable Nyu "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 늉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 늉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x8A 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB289 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B289 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub289 |