U+B9B5 "릵" Hangul Syllable Rilg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B9B5 "릵" Hangul Syllable Rilg is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing a combination of the initial consonant "리" (ri) and the final consonant "ㄺ" (lg). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is encoded to allow efficient representation of Korean text by mapping directly to a specific syllable block, rather than requiring separate encoding of its individual jamo components. Although not commonly used in everyday Korean vocabulary, it exists as a valid phonological combination in the language, and its inclusion in Unicode supports the complete and accurate rendering of written Korean across digital platforms and documents.

General Properties

Code Point U+B9B5
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Rilg
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
"ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 릵
HTML Hex Encoding 릵
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA6 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB9B5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B9B5
C/C++/Java Escape \ub9b5

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