U+B006 "뀆" Hangul Syllable Ggwej Unicode Character
U+B006 "뀆" Hangul Syllable Ggwej is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense, doubled 'g' sound), the medial vowel "ㅞ" (which represents the diphthong 'we'), and the final consonant "ㅈ" (a 'j' sound). This syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard, where each character represents a complete syllabic block as used in the Korean writing system. Although it is a valid and properly encoded Unicode character, "뀆" is a very rare and non-standard syllable in modern Korean, meaning it does not typically appear in everyday vocabulary or common texts and is more likely encountered in linguistic references or specialized digital contexts. Its encoding ensures that the Korean script can be fully represented digitally, even for rare or theoretical syllable combinations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B006 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggwej |
| 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 "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뀆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뀆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x80 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB006 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B006 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub006 |