U+B88E "뢎" Hangul Syllable Rwaj Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
뢎
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 |