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hangul syllable ning

Hangul Syllable Ning

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닝 is a Korean syllable block read “ning,” not an emoji or a word by itself. Alone it has no fixed meaning; it only makes sense inside longer Korean words. In the internet joke 닝겐, it helps spell a mock-superior way to say “human.”

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What 닝 means

Alone, 닝 has no fixed meaning. Say ㄴ plus ㅣ plus final ㅇ as “ning”; fonts change its shape, not its reading.

Hangul was announced in 1443, with its explanatory book published in 1446. It let Koreans write their language without relying only on Chinese characters. 닝 is one assembled block built from Hangul component letters.

As of 2026, a documented internet use is 닝겐, anime-influenced Korean wordplay that frames someone as “human.” 닝바닝 uses the same opening in a “person by person” twist.

Neutral as a syllable; internet-coded in 닝겐.

Avoid 닝겐 with strangers or superiors; it can sound contemptuous.

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Who writes 닝

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What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

A syllable fragment; surrounding Korean text is needed.

How to type or find 닝

Search it as
ning · 닝겐 · 닝바닝 · ninggen · hangul ning
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType B2DD, then AltX to get 닝.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hangul syllable ning”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType b2dd, then Enter or Space.
HTML
닝
CSS
\B2DD
Dubeolsik
Type s-l-d: ㄴ, ㅣ, final ㅇ.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
닝
HTML hex
닝
CSS content
content: "\B2DD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%8B%9D
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.

Families this belongs to

2

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols