U+B229 "" Hangul Syllable Nweolg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+B229 "" Hangul Syllable Nweolg is a single precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "n" (니은), the medial vowel "weo" (워), and the final consonant "lg" (리을기역), resulting in the sound "nweolg." This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains 11,172 precomposed syllables that were encoded to facilitate efficient text processing for the Korean language. Unlike the more phonetically decomposed approach of using individual jamo characters, precomposed syllables like U+B229 allow for direct representation of a complete syllable, ensuring compatibility with legacy systems and simplifying text rendering. The syllable "눩" itself is a valid but relatively uncommon form in Korean, used in specific lexical contexts or proper names.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
눩
HTML Hex Encoding
눩
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEB 0x88 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding
0xB229
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000B229
C/C++/Java Escape
\ub229