U+B937 "뤷" Hangul Syllable Rwec Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B937 "뤷" Hangul Syllable Rwec is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, combining the initial consonant “ㄹ” (rieul, representing an “r” or “l” sound) with the medial vowel “ㅞ” (we) and the final consonant “ㅊ” (chieut, representing a “ch” sound). This syllable, pronounced approximately as “rwech” in the International Phonetic Alphabet, is part of the Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00 to U+D7AF) and was encoded in Unicode version 2.0. While it is a valid and technically standard Hangul character, “뤷” rarely appears in contemporary Korean vocabulary, as the syllable does not commonly form meaningful words in the language, making it largely a typographical or orthographic oddity in modern use. Its existence highlights the systematic nature of the Hangul writing system, which can generate every possible consonant-vowel-consonant combination, even those that are impractical or unused in everyday speech.

General Properties

Code Point U+B937
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Rwec
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뤠" U+B920 Hangul Syllable Rwe
"ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뤷
HTML Hex Encoding 뤷
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA4 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB937
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B937
C/C++/Java Escape \ub937

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