U+B7AB "랫" Hangul Syllable Raes Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B7AB "랫" Hangul Syllable Raes is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "Raes", formed by the initial consonant ᄅ (rieul), the medial vowel ᅢ (ae), and the final consonant ᄉ (siot). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains all possible syllables that can be formed from Korean letters arranged in a standard block format. In modern Korean, this syllable is not commonly used in everyday vocabulary but may appear in transliterations, archaic terms, or certain compound words. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and text processing across platforms that support the Korean writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+B7AB
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Raes
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
"ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 랫
HTML Hex Encoding 랫
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x9E 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB7AB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B7AB
C/C++/Java Escape \ub7ab

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