U+B015 "뀕" Hangul Syllable Ggwilg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B015 "뀕" Hangul Syllable Ggwilg is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic sound "ggwilg." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄁ (ssanggiyeok, a tensed "g" sound), the medial vowel ㅟ (wi, pronounced like "wee"), and the final consonant ᆰ (giyeok with a following bieup, representing the "lg" cluster). Although it is a valid syllable in the Hangul system and can be typed using standard Korean input methods, it does not correspond to a common or frequently used word in contemporary Korean language. As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, it is encoded as a single character for efficient text processing and display, particularly in older software that relied on precomposed syllables rather than dynamic composition of jamo characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+B015
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ggwilg
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뀌" U+B00C Hangul Syllable Ggwi
"ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뀕
HTML Hex Encoding 뀕
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x80 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB015
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B015
C/C++/Java Escape \ub015

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