U+B88E "뢎" Hangul Syllable Rwaj Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B88E "뢎" Hangul Syllable Rwaj is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system of the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "rieul" (ㄹ), the medial vowel "wa" (ㅘ), and the final consonant "jieut" (ㅈ). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is used to encode the sound "rwaj" for digital text and communication. This particular syllable is not commonly found in everyday modern Korean vocabulary but may appear in specialized or archaic contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures correct display and processing across software and platforms that support the Korean script.

General Properties

Code Point U+B88E
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Rwaj
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "롸" U+B878 Hangul Syllable Rwa
"ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뢎
HTML Hex Encoding 뢎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA2 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB88E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B88E
C/C++/Java Escape \ub88e

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