U+B291 "늑" Hangul Syllable Neug Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
늑
U+B291 "늑" Hangul Syllable Neug is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, used in the Korean language to represent the phonetic sound "neug." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㄴ (n), the vowel ㅡ (eu), and the final consonant ㄱ (g), and it appears in various Korean words and morphemes, including the verb stem 늙 (neulg) meaning "old" or "aged." As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character supports digital text processing and display for Korean, ensuring that the syllable is rendered as a single, indivisible unit rather than as separate jamo components.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B291 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Neug |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "느" U+B290 Hangul Syllable Neu "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 늑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 늑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x8A 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB291 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B291 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub291 |