U+B780 "란" Hangul Syllable Ran Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
란
U+B780 "란" Hangul Syllable Ran is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language. It represents the phonetic sound "ran," formed by the initial consonant ᄅ (rieul) and the vowel ᅡ (a) with the final consonant ᄂ (nieun). This character is encoded in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which contains all 11,172 possible combinations of Korean letters arranged in a systematic order according to the South Korean standard. In linguistic usage, "란" can appear in various Korean words and names, often carrying meanings related to a "lantern," "basket," or serving as a suffix in compound terms, though its specific meaning depends entirely on the context in which it is used.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B780 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ran |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "라" U+B77C Hangul Syllable Ra "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 란 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 란 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x9E 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB780 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B780 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub780 |