U+B804 "렄" Hangul Syllable Reok Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
렄
U+B804 "렄" Hangul Syllable Reok is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, specifically representing the sound "reok" (equivalent to a Korean syllable composed of the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul), the medial vowel "ㅓ" (eo), and the final consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk)). It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllables formed by combining Korean consonants and vowels in a standardized order. While this specific syllable is not among the most frequently used in everyday Korean vocabulary, it appears in certain loanwords, place names, or technical terms, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and text processing across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B804 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Reok |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "러" U+B7EC Hangul Syllable Reo "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 렄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 렄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA0 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB804 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B804 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub804 |