U+B98D "릍" Hangul Syllable Reut Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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