U+B856 "롖" Hangul Syllable Ryej Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter