U+B18E "놎" Hangul Syllable Noj Unicode Character
U+B18E "놎" Hangul Syllable Noj is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system of the Korean language, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄴ" (n), the medial vowel "ㅗ" (o), and the final consonant "ㅈ" (j). This syllable represents the phonetic sound "noj" and is part of the extensive Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains over 11,000 precomposed syllables to facilitate digital representation of Korean text. While it is a valid and standardized character, "놎" is relatively rare in everyday Korean vocabulary, with the similar but more common syllable "녿" (nod) often preferred for words like "녿다" (to be late). The character's inclusion reflects Unicode's comprehensive approach to encoding all theoretically possible Hangul syllables, ensuring accurate rendering and text processing for the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B18E |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Noj |
| 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 "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 놎 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 놎 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x86 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB18E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B18E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub18e |