U+B894 "뢔" Hangul Syllable Rwae Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B894 "뢔" Hangul Syllable Rwae is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used to write the Korean language, representing the phonetic sound "rwae" as a combination of the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul) and the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet to facilitate digital text processing. This specific syllable is not among the most frequently used in standard Korean vocabulary but can appear in specific contexts such as transcriptions of foreign words or stylistic writing where the /r/ sound is needed with that vowel. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital systems, allowing for accurate display, storage, and exchange of Korean text.

General Properties

Code Point U+B894
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Rwae
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "ᄅ" U+1105 Hangul Choseong Rieul
"ᅫ" U+116B Hangul Jungseong Wae

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뢔
HTML Hex Encoding 뢔
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA2 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB894
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B894
C/C++/Java Escape \ub894

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LV Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LV 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=LV
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter