U+B823 "렣" Hangul Syllable Reh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
렣
U+B823 "렣" Hangul Syllable Reh is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, specifically formed from the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul), the vowel "ㅓ" (eo), and the final consonant "ㅎ" (hieut). This character represents a valid but highly uncommon syllable in modern Korean, as the combination "렣" does not correspond to any frequent word or standard pronunciation in contemporary usage. Its inclusion in Unicode is part of the comprehensive Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible combinations of initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants to support full coverage of the Korean writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B823 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Reh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "레" U+B808 Hangul Syllable Re "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 렣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 렣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA0 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB823 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B823 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub823 |