U+B98C "릌" Hangul Syllable Reuk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
릌
U+B98C "릌" Hangul Syllable Reuk is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script used for writing the Korean language. It represents the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul), the vowel "ㅡ" (eu), and the final consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), yielding the sound "reuk" as in the Korean word for "wheel" (르크). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character was introduced to standardize digital text, enabling the direct encoding of fully formed Korean syllables without requiring separate composition of individual jamo components. Its usage is rooted in modern Korean orthography, where such syllables are common for representing native Korean vocabulary or loanword adaptations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B98C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Reuk |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 릌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 릌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA6 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB98C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B98C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub98c |