U+B9B7 "릷" Hangul Syllable Rilb Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
릷
U+B9B7 "릷" Hangul Syllable Rilb is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "리" (ri) and the final consonant "ㅂ" (b), resulting in the sound "rilb" or "rip." It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which was encoded in Unicode 2.0 to efficiently represent all possible syllables formed from the Korean alphabet. While this specific syllable is not a common standalone word in contemporary Korean, it can appear in compound words, loanword transliterations, or South Korean given names, where its precise pronunciation is determined by context. The character serves as a vital component for accurate digital text representation of the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B9B7 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Rilb |
| 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 "ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 릷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 릷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA6 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB9B7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B9B7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub9b7 |