U+B951 "륑" Hangul Syllable Rwing Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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