U+B00C "뀌" Hangul Syllable Ggwi Unicode Character
U+B00C "뀌" Hangul Syllable Ggwi is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ggwi," which combines the initial consonant 쀌 (a tense, double-giyeok sound) with the vertical vowel ㅟ (wi) and no final consonant. It is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all 11,172 possible syllables of the Korean alphabet in a single, precomposed form for efficient text processing. This specific character is used in written Korean to form words or morphemes, though it is relatively rare in everyday vocabulary compared to more common syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital platforms, allowing for accurate display and interchange of Korean text worldwide.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B00C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggwi |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄁ" U+1101 Hangul Choseong Ssangkiyeok "ᅱ" U+1171 Hangul Jungseong Wi |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뀌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뀌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x80 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB00C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B00C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub00c |