U+B987 "릇" Hangul Syllable Reus Unicode Character
U+B987 "릇" Hangul Syllable Reus is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the Korean phoneme "Reus" as it is used in the written Korean language. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllables formed by combining initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants in the Korean writing system. U+B987 specifically combines the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul), the medial vowel "ㅡ" (eu), and the final consonant "ㅅ" (siot), resulting in the syllable "릇." It is used in various Korean words and proper nouns, such as in the name "뿁" or in the word "그릇" meaning "bowl" or "vessel," and its addition to the Unicode standard ensures accurate digital representation and interoperability of the Korean language across platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B987 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Reus |
| 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 "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 릇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 릇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA6 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB987 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B987 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub987 |