U+B005 "뀅" Hangul Syllable Ggweng Unicode Character
U+B005 "뀅" Hangul Syllable Ggweng is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ggweng" which is formed from the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense, doubled version of the "g" sound), the medial vowel "ㅞ" (a diphthong pronounced "we"), and the final consonant "ㅇ" (a silent or nasal "ng" sound at the end of a syllable). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains 11,172 precomposed syllables following the standard Korean ordering system for combining initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants. While not among the most common syllables in everyday Korean text, it can appear in certain words, proper nouns, or onomatopoeia, and it contributes to the comprehensive encoding of the Korean writing system in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B005 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggweng |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "꿰" U+AFF0 Hangul Syllable Ggwe "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뀅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뀅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x80 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB005 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B005 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub005 |