U+B856 "롖" Hangul Syllable Ryej Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
롖
U+B856 "롖" Hangul Syllable Ryej is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul syllabary block, representing a specific combination of the Korean initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul), the medial vowel "ㅖ" (ye), and the final consonant "ㅈ" (jieut). This syllable corresponds to the phonetic sound "ryej" in Korean, although it is rarely used in modern Korean vocabulary, appearing primarily in historical or specialized linguistic contexts or as part of transliterations. As a member of the Hangul Syllables range (U+AC00 to U+D7AF), "롖" was encoded to ensure comprehensive coverage of all possible syllable blocks in the Korean writing system, supporting accurate digital representation of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B856 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ryej |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "례" U+B840 Hangul Syllable Rye "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 롖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 롖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA1 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB856 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B856 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub856 |