U+B9B6 "릶" Hangul Syllable Rilm Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B9B6 "릶" Hangul Syllable Rilm is a precomposed Hangul syllable used in the Korean writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ri" (ㄹ + ㅣ) and the final consonant "lm" (ㄹ + ㅁ). As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, it was added to the standard to support the complete range of legally valid syllables formed from the modern Korean alphabet, Hangeul. While not among the most frequently used syllables in everyday Korean text, it functions as a necessary component for accurately representing all possible phonetic syllables in the language, particularly in technical transcription or specific vocabulary contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+B9B6
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Rilm
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
"ᆱ" U+11B1 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 릶
HTML Hex Encoding 릶
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA6 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB9B6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B9B6
C/C++/Java Escape \ub9b6

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