U+B951 "륑" Hangul Syllable Rwing Unicode Character
U+B951 "륑" Hangul Syllable Rwing is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "rwing." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄅ (rieul, equivalent to an "r" or "l" sound) with the medial vowel ㅟ (wi, pronounced like the English "we") and the final consonant ㅇ (ieung, which serves as a silent placeholder or a velar nasal "ng" in this final position). As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants using a mathematical algorithm, this character is used to write Korean text in digital formats. It is distinct from its individual components (ᄅ, ㅟ, and ᅙ ing) and is recognized in Unicode standards to ensure consistent representation across different devices and software platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B951 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Rwing |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 륑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 륑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA5 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB951 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B951 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub951 |