What 납 means
It is a Hangul block built from ㄴ, ㅏ, and ㅂ.
Hangul, Korea’s writing system, was created in 1443 and introduced in 1446 to make Korean easier to write. Its blocks combine consonants and vowels; these dates belong to the script’s history, not an origin date for 납.
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Who writes 납
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Related characters
4ㄴ
Hangul Letter Nieun
Initial Korean consonant letter in 납.
ㅏ
Hangul Letter A
Korean vowel letter between 납’s consonants.
ㅂ
Hangul Letter Pieup
Final Korean consonant letter in 납.
CJK Unified Ideograph-925B
This character supplies the “lead” element in 연필, Korean for pencil; 납 is the ordinary word for the metal.
Questions people ask
1Why does 납 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 납
- Also called
- nap
- Search it as
- 납 meaning · 납 pronunciation · 납 Korean keyboard · lead in Korean
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
납CSS
\B0A9Korean keyboard
Enter ㄴ, ㅏ, ㅂ in order; the Korean input method joins them as 납.
Unicode
Unicode may encode it as 납; some fonts show both forms alike, although their text sequences differ.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
납
HTML hex
납
CSS content
content: "\B0A9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%82%A9
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.