U+B179 "녹" Hangul Syllable Nog Unicode Character
U+B179 "녹" Hangul Syllable Nog is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the sound "nok" as in the word for "green" (녹색) or "melt" (녹다). It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄂ (n), the medial vowel ᅩ (o), and the final consonant ᄀ (k) into a single block, following the standard syllabic structure of Hangul. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations for the Korean alphabet, and it is commonly used in written Korean for vocabulary related to color, transformation, and other everyday concepts. As a encoded character, it ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and devices for Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B179 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nog |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "노" U+B178 Hangul Syllable No "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 녹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 녹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x85 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB179 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B179 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub179 |