U+B9A5 "릥" Hangul Syllable Rying Unicode Character
U+B9A5 "릥" Hangul Syllable Rying is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the consonants "ㄹ" (rieul) and "ㅇ" (ieung) with the vowel "ㅣ" (i), forming the sound "rying" as used in the Korean language. This character is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllables formed by initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants (batchim) according to the modern Korean alphabet. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures consistent digital representation and processing across systems, enabling proper display and text handling for Korean content. While "릥" is a valid syllable, it is extremely rare in actual Korean vocabulary, appearing primarily in specialized or transliterated contexts rather than common usage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B9A5 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Rying |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "릐" U+B990 Hangul Syllable Ryi "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 릥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 릥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA6 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB9A5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B9A5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub9a5 |