U+B937 "뤷" Hangul Syllable Rwec Unicode Character
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 |