U+B7EC "러" Hangul Syllable Reo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
러
U+B7EC "러" Hangul Syllable Reo is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "reo" as pronounced in Korean. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul) with the vowel "ㅓ" (eo), and it appears in many Korean words such as "러시아" (Reosia, meaning Russia) and "그러나" (geureona, meaning but or however). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations in the Korean alphabet, enabling efficient text representation and processing in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B7EC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Reo |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄅ" U+1105 Hangul Choseong Rieul "ᅥ" U+1165 Hangul Jungseong Eo |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 러 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 러 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x9F 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB7EC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B7EC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub7ec |