U+B98A "릊" Hangul Syllable Reuj Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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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 |