U+B985 "릅" Hangul Syllable Reub Unicode Character
U+B985 "릅" Hangul Syllable Reub is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the consonants "ㄹ" (rieul) and "ㅂ" (bieup) with the vowel "ㅡ" (eu). This syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllable blocks formed by the combination of initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants in the Korean writing system. In practical usage, "릅" is relatively rare in standard Korean vocabulary, appearing primarily in specific loanwords, technical terms, or as a phonetic component in names, and it is not commonly used in everyday language. Its encoding at this code point allows for consistent digital representation and processing of Korean text across different platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B985 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Reub |
| 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 "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 릅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 릅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA6 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB985 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B985 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub985 |