U+B785 "랅" Hangul Syllable Ralg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B785 "랅" Hangul Syllable Ralg is part of the Hangul Syllables block, representing a specific precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul, which can represent an "r" or "l" sound depending on context), the medial vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant "ㄺ" (rieul-giyeok, a double final consonant cluster pronounced as a single "lg" sound). Due to phonetic rules in Korean, this syllable is rare in actual vocabulary, and its primary occurrence is as a theoretical or dictionary entry within the standardized set of 11,172 possible Hangul syllables, serving as a building block for proper spelling and word formation in the Korean language.

General Properties

Code Point U+B785
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ralg
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
"ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 랅
HTML Hex Encoding 랅
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x9E 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB785
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B785
C/C++/Java Escape \ub785

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter