U+B2D8 "님" Hangul Syllable Nim Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
님
U+B2D8 "님" Hangul Syllable Nim is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "nim." It is formed from the initial consonant "ㄴ" (n) and the vowel "ㅣ" (i) with a final consonant "ㅁ" (m). In Korean, "님" is a highly respectful honorific particle or suffix meaning "mister," "madam," or "lord," and it is frequently attached to names and titles to show deference, as seen in words like "사장님" (sajangnim, meaning boss or company president). The character is encoded in Unicode's Hangul Syllables block and is widely used in modern Korean text for formal address and respectful communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B2D8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nim |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "니" U+B2C8 Hangul Syllable Ni "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 님 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 님 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x8B 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB2D8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B2D8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub2d8 |