Hangul syllable nyeng

It writes one Korean syllable in a single Hangul block.

The block joins three Korean letters, called jamo: initial consonant ᄂ, vowel ᅨ, and final consonant ᆼ. Unicode’s label “nyeng” joins their short names; it is a naming formula, not a Korean word. The same syllable can also be represented by the decomposed sequence 녱; Unicode normalization can convert between these forms.

The 1448 Dongguk Jeongun, a Korean reference work that aimed to standardize readings of Chinese characters (Hanja), records 녱 for entries including 泥 and 禰. Reference works from 1527 and 1796 give the relevant readings as 니 instead, showing a change in recorded Korean readings across sources.

How do I type 녱 on a Korean keyboard?

On a standard Korean 2-beolsik keyboard, type s, Shift+P, then d.

Those keys enter ㄴ, ㅖ, and ㅇ; the Korean input method (IME) joins them into 녱. Shift+P gives ㅖ; pressing u instead gives ㅕ and results in 녕. With another Korean layout, enter the same jamo sequence using that layout’s key map.