U+B98A "릊" Hangul Syllable Reuj Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B98A "릊" Hangul Syllable Reuj is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul alphabet, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant “ㄹ” (rieul), the medial vowel “ㅡ” (eu), and the final consonant “ㅈ” (jieut). This specific syllable does not commonly appear in standard modern Korean vocabulary, as it is a rare or archaic formation whose usage is typically limited to specialized linguistic contexts, such as transliterating foreign sounds or in historical Korean texts. The character is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all 11,172 possible syllable blocks of the Korean writing system, ensuring accurate digital representation and display of the language.

General Properties

Code Point U+B98A
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Reuj
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
"ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 릊
HTML Hex Encoding 릊
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA6 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB98A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B98A
C/C++/Java Escape \ub98a

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