U+B2E3 "닣" Hangul Syllable Nih Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B2E3 "닣" Hangul Syllable Nih is a precomposed Hangul syllable that represents the Korean sound "nih" formed from the initial consonant 니은 (nieun, "ㄴ") and the vowel 이 (i, "ㅣ") combined with the final consonant 히읗 (hieut, "ㅎ"). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in the Korean writing system to represent a specific syllable, though it is relatively uncommon in modern Korean vocabulary, appearing mainly in specialized or historical contexts rather than everyday words. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately represent all possible syllable combinations in the Korean alphabet, maintaining linguistic completeness for both standard and rare usages.

General Properties

Code Point U+B2E3
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Nih
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
"ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 닣
HTML Hex Encoding 닣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x8B 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB2E3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B2E3
C/C++/Java Escape \ub2e3

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter