U+B8A7 "뢧" Hangul Syllable Rwaes Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B8A7 "뢧" Hangul Syllable Rwaes is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul), the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae), and the final consonant "ㅅ" (siot). Represented in Hangul as 뢧, it corresponds to the phonetic value of /rwɛs/ in Korean pronunciation. As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, this character allows for efficient encoding and display of composite Hangul text, which is used in both South and North Korean writing systems for words and names that include this specific syllable. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation and text processing across modern computing platforms and languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+B8A7
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Rwaes
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
"ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뢧
HTML Hex Encoding 뢧
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA2 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB8A7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B8A7
C/C++/Java Escape \ub8a7

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