U+B7A8 "램" Hangul Syllable Raem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B7A8 "램" Hangul Syllable Raem is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the sound "raem" as a combination of the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul), the vowel "ㅐ" (ae), and the final consonant "ㅁ" (mieum). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable blocks formed from the Korean alphabet, and it is commonly used in Korean words such as "램프" (raempeu, meaning "lamp") or as a transliteration of foreign loanwords. This character is distinct from its individual jamo components and is widely supported by modern fonts and text processing systems for accurate representation of Korean text.

General Properties

Code Point U+B7A8
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Raem
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "래" U+B798 Hangul Syllable Rae
"ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 램
HTML Hex Encoding 램
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x9E 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB7A8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B7A8
C/C++/Java Escape \ub7a8

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