U+B8EE "룮" Hangul Syllable Runh Unicode Character
U+B8EE "룮" Hangul Syllable Runh is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing a single block of Korean writing formed by combining the initial consonant “ㄹ” (rieul), the medial vowel “ㅜ” (u), and the final consonant “ㄶ” (nh), resulting in the sound “runh” as a syllable unit. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is used to encode the Korean language in digital text, allowing for accurate representation of this specific syllable in written communication, though it is relatively uncommon in modern Korean and may not be found in everyday vocabulary. This character is one of many thousands of precomposed Hangul syllables defined in the Unicode Standard to facilitate efficient text processing and rendering for the Korean writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B8EE |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Runh |
| 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 "ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 룮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 룮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA3 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB8EE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B8EE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub8ee |