U+B941 "륁" Hangul Syllable Rwinj Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B941 "륁" Hangul Syllable Rwinj is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used to write the Korean language, representing the phonetic structure of the consonant "r" (or "l" in initial position in standard Korean romanization), the vowel "wi," and the final consonant "nj" (a palatal nasal). It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants in a single character for efficient digital text processing, and it is particularly used to write words or syllables where this specific phonetic blend occurs, though it is relatively rare compared to more common syllables like "가" or "한." This character, like all Hangul syllables, follows the compositional logic of the script, which was invented in the 15th century to promote literacy, and its Unicode encoding ensures consistent representation across different platforms and systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+B941
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Rwinj
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뤼" U+B93C Hangul Syllable Rwi
"ᆬ" U+11AC Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Cieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 륁
HTML Hex Encoding 륁
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA5 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB941
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B941
C/C++/Java Escape \ub941

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