U+B840 "례" Hangul Syllable Rye Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
례
U+B840 "례" Hangul Syllable Rye is a precomposed syllable from the Hangul Syllables block, representing the Korean sound "rye" as a combination of the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul) and the vowel "ㅖ" (ye). This character is used in the Korean writing system, Hangul, to form words such as "예례" (ye rye), often appearing in honorific titles and respectful language. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that it can be consistently represented and processed across digital platforms, supporting accurate text rendering for Korean language documents and communications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B840 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Rye |
| 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 "ᅨ" U+1168 Hangul Jungseong Ye |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 례 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 례 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA1 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB840 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B840 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub840 |