What 녯 means
It is an older spelling of 옛, meaning “old” or “former.” Ordinary modern Korean writes the word as 옛. The historical spelling 녯 appears in the fifteenth-century Buddhist translations Seokbosangjeol and Wolinseokbo; a 1632 edition of the Korean text Dusi eonhae also records it.
Its Unicode decomposition is ㄴ + ㅖ + ㅅ: the initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant of one Hangul syllable block.
It reads as historical Korean spelling, so it fits when the older form is intentional.
For ordinary modern Korean, use 옛; 녯 signals an older spelling.
Questions people ask
1Can I use 녯 in modern Korean?
Only when reproducing the historical spelling; ordinary modern writing uses 옛.
How to type 녯
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B16F, then Alt+X to get 녯.
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 nyes”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b16f, then Enter or Space.
HTML
녯CSS
\B16FHow to type 녯
With Hangul input enabled, enter ㄴ, then ㅖ, then ㅅ; the input method combines them into 녯.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
녯
HTML hex
녯
CSS content
content: "\B16F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%85%AF
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.