U+B2B9 "늹" Hangul Syllable Nyilt Unicode Character
U+B2B9 "늹" Hangul Syllable Nyilt is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "nyilt," which is composed of the initial consonant 니은 (nieun, representing 'n'), the vowel 이 (i), and the final consonant 리을 (rieul, representing 'l'). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is typically used in the writing of the Korean language, though it represents a relatively rare or archaic syllable in modern Korean. This character was added to the Unicode Standard to support the systematic encoding of all possible Hangul syllable combinations, enabling complete digital representation of the Korean writing system. Its inclusion ensures accurate text processing and rendering for historical, linguistic, or specialized Korean texts where such syllables may appear.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B2B9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nyilt |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "늬" U+B2AC Hangul Syllable Nyi "ᆴ" U+11B4 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 늹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 늹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x8A 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB2B9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B2B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub2b9 |