U+B8EC "룬" Hangul Syllable Run Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
룬
U+B8EC "룬" Hangul Syllable Run is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic value /run/. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul, sounding like an "r" or "l") with the vowel "ㅜ" (u) and the final consonant "ㄴ" (nieun, sounding like an "n"), creating a single ideographic block. In Korean, this syllable is used in various words, such as the English loanword "룬" (run), which can mean a run in sports or a magical rune, or in native Korean vocabulary like "룬" (run) referring to a type of game or sequence. Its inclusion in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block (AC00-D7AF) allows for efficient digital representation of this common Korean syllable.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B8EC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Run |
| 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 "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 룬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 룬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA3 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB8EC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B8EC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub8ec |