U+B97B "륻" Hangul Syllable Reud Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B97B "륻" Hangul Syllable Reud is part of the Hangul Syllables block, representing a single syllable in the modern Korean writing system. It is composed of the initial consonant rieul (ㄹ), the medial vowel eu (ㅡ), and the final consonant digeut (ㄷ), combining to form the sound "reut" or "reud" depending on regional pronunciation. This syllable is used in Korean orthography to represent specific lexical items or grammatical forms, often appearing in native Korean vocabulary or loanword transcriptions where such a sound combination occurs. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms for the Korean language.

General Properties

Code Point U+B97B
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Reud
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "르" U+B974 Hangul Syllable Reu
"ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 륻
HTML Hex Encoding 륻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA5 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB97B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B97B
C/C++/Java Escape \ub97b

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