U+B8E9 "룩" Hangul Syllable Rug Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
룩
U+B8E9 "룩" Hangul Syllable Rug is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system known as Hangul, representing the sound "rug" as pronounced in Korean. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul), the vowel "ㅜ" (u), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok), and it belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard. This syllable does not correspond to a common Korean word by itself but may appear as part of larger words or in transliterations, such as in foreign loanwords like "룩북" (lookbook) or names. Its encoding ensures consistent representation across digital platforms for text processing and display.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B8E9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Rug |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "루" U+B8E8 Hangul Syllable Ru "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 룩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 룩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA3 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB8E9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B8E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub8e9 |