U+B858 "롘" Hangul Syllable Ryek Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
롘
U+B858 "롘" Hangul Syllable Ryek is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "ryek" as a combination of the consonant "ㄹ" (rieul) and the vowel "ㅖ" (ye) with the final consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet. This character is used in the Korean language, typically in words of foreign origin or in specific native contexts, though it is relatively rare in everyday modern Korean vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately represent and process this particular syllable across different platforms and applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B858 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ryek |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 롘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 롘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA1 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB858 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B858 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub858 |