U+B896 "뢖" Hangul Syllable Rwaegg Unicode Character
U+B896 "뢖" Hangul Syllable Rwaegg is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul, representing an "r" sound), the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae, a diphthong pronounced like "wae"), and the final consonant "ㄲ" (ssang-giyeok, a double consonant with a tensed "kk" sound). This syllable, though valid in standard Korean orthography, is extremely rare in actual usage, as the sound combination "rwae" does not appear frequently in native Korean vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode, as part of the Hangul Syllables block (AC00–D7AF), ensures comprehensive coverage of all possible syllable combinations under the rules of Korean script, supporting accurate text processing and display for historical or specialized linguistic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B896 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Rwaegg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뢔" U+B894 Hangul Syllable Rwae "ᆩ" U+11A9 Hangul Jongseong Ssangkiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뢖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뢖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA2 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB896 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B896 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub896 |