U+B180 "놀" Hangul Syllable Nol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
놀
U+B180 "놀" Hangul Syllable Nol is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "n" (니은), the vowel "o" (오), and the final consonant "l" (리을). As part of the Hangul Syllables block, it allows for efficient text display and processing by encoding this common syllable as a single character rather than requiring separate jamo components. The syllable "놀" functions as a verb stem meaning "to play" or "to frolic" and appears in various inflected forms such as "놀다" (to play) or "놀러 가다" (to go play), making it a fundamental element in everyday Korean writing and digital communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B180 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nol |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 놀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 놀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x86 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB180 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B180 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub180 |