U+B294 "는" Hangul Syllable Neun Unicode Character
U+B294 "는" Hangul Syllable Neun is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "neun" as a combination of the initial consonant ᄂ (n) and the vowel ᅳ (eu) with the final consonant ᆫ (n). This character is frequently used in the Korean language, most notably as a topic marker particle that attaches to nouns to indicate the subject or theme of a sentence, such as in the common phrase "저는" (jeoneun) meaning "as for me." In Unicode, it falls within the Hangul Syllables block (AC00 D7AF), which encodes 11,172 precomposed syllables to support modern Korean text efficiently. The syllable "는" is an essential component of Korean grammar and everyday communication, making it a practical and widely recognized character in digital text handling for the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B294 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Neun |
| 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 "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 는 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 는 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x8A 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB294 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B294 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub294 |