U+B837 "렷" Hangul Syllable Ryeos Unicode Character
U+B837 "렷" Hangul Syllable Ryeos is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "ryeos" as it is pronounced in the Korean language. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul), the medial vowel "ㅕ" (yeo), and the final consonant "ㅅ" (siot). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which was designed to include all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean writing system, making it essential for encoding Korean text in digital environments. Though relatively rare in everyday vocabulary, the syllable "렷" can appear in certain phonetic contexts, compound words, or transcriptions of foreign terms, contributing to the comprehensive representation of Korean phonology in Unicode.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B837 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ryeos |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "려" U+B824 Hangul Syllable Ryeo "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 렷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 렷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA0 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB837 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B837 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub837 |