U+B188 "놈" Hangul Syllable Nom Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
놈
U+B188 "놈" Hangul Syllable Nom is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, used in the Korean language to represent the sound "nom." It is formed from the initial consonant ᄂ (n) and the vowel ㅗ (o) combined with the final consonant ᄆ (m), and its meaning in Korean is a somewhat informal or derogatory term for a person, often translating to "guy" or "fellow" with a negative connotation. This character falls within the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations of the Korean writing system, and it is commonly used in everyday written Korean across various contexts, from speech to literature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B188 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Nom |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 놈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 놈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x86 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB188 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B188 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub188 |