U+B98E "릎" Hangul Syllable Reup Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+B98E "릎" Hangul Syllable Reup is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄹ" (rieul), the medial vowel "ㅡ" (eu), and the final consonant "ㅂ" (bieup). This syllable is rarely used in contemporary Korean vocabulary, as it does not correspond to a common or standalone word in everyday speech or standard texts. However, its existence in the Unicode standard, within the Hangul Syllables block (AC00-D7AF), ensures that it can be accurately encoded and displayed for specialized linguistic, historical, or orthographic purposes, such as in the transcription of certain archaic words or South Korean government-mandated syllable forms.
General Properties
Code Point
U+B98E
Name
Hangul Syllable Reup
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
릎
HTML Hex Encoding
릎
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEB 0xA6 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding
0xB98E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000B98E
C/C++/Java Escape
\ub98e
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hangul