U+B872 "롲" Hangul Syllable Roj Unicode Character
U+B872 "롲" Hangul Syllable Roj is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the consonants "ㄹ" and "ㅈ" with the vowel "ㅗ." As part of the Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00 to U+D7AF), it follows the systematic ordering of Unicode to encode thousands of Korean syllabic blocks, allowing for efficient digital representation and text processing. This specific syllable, pronounced like "roj" in Korean, is used in written Korean to construct words such as nouns, verbs, or place names, though it is relatively rare compared to more common syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that Korean text can be consistently displayed and typed across different devices and software platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B872 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Roj |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "로" U+B85C Hangul Syllable Ro "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 롲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 롲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA1 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB872 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B872 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub872 |