U+B98D "릍" Hangul Syllable Reut Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+B98D "릍" Hangul Syllable Reut is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, specifically formed by combining the initial consonant rieul (ㄹ), the vowel eu (ㅡ), and the final consonant tieut (ㅌ). As part of the Hangul Syllables block, this character is encoded as a single code point to simplify text processing, though it is rarely used in contemporary Korean vocabulary and appears primarily in specialized or historical contexts. Its primary function is to represent a phonetic syllable that may occur in transliterations, technical terms, or less common compound words within the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B98D |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Reut |
| 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 "ᇀ" U+11C0 Hangul Jongseong Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 릍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 릍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA6 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB98D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B98D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub98d |