U+B7AD "랭" Hangul Syllable Raeng Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
랭
U+B7AD "랭" Hangul Syllable Raeng is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "raeng." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄅ (rieul), the medial vowel ᅢ (ae), and the final consonant ᆼ (ieung), all of which are encoded in the Hangul Jamo blocks of Unicode. In Korean, this syllable appears in various words, such as "맹랭" (maengnaeng), which can mean an extremely cold or icy condition. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures consistent digital representation for Korean text, facilitating accurate rendering and processing across different platforms and languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B7AD |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Raeng |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 랭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 랭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x9E 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB7AD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B7AD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub7ad |