U+B9AD "릭" Hangul Syllable Rig Unicode Character
U+B9AD "릭" Hangul Syllable Rig is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "rik," formed by the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul) and the vowel "ㅣ" (i) with the final consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is encoded as a single codepoint to facilitate efficient text processing and display in Korean writing systems. It is used in Korean language texts, most notably as the final syllable in the word "Worker's Party of Korea" (조선로동당, Joseon Rodongdang), where it appears in "rodong" as the sound "rik" to denote the concept of labor. The standard representation of this syllable is essential for accurate digital communication in Korean, ensuring consistency across platforms and applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B9AD |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Rig |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "리" U+B9AC Hangul Syllable Ri "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 릭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 릭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA6 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB9AD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B9AD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub9ad |