U+B00B "뀋" Hangul Syllable Ggweh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B00B "뀋" Hangul Syllable Ggweh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ggweh." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄁ (ssanggiyeok, a tensed "g" sound), the medial vowel ㅞ (we, a diphthong), and the final consonant ᄒ (hieut, an "h" sound). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used primarily in written Korean to represent a specific phonetic combination that may appear in native or loan words, though it is relatively rare in everyday vocabulary. Its existence highlights how Unicode efficiently encodes the vast array of syllabic blocks that make up the Korean script, which was designed to be logical and scientifically structured.

General Properties

Code Point U+B00B
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ggweh
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
"ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뀋
HTML Hex Encoding 뀋
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x80 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB00B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B00B
C/C++/Java Escape \ub00b

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