U+B021 "뀡" Hangul Syllable Ggwing Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B021 "뀡" Hangul Syllable Ggwing is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "ggwing" as a single block character. It is formed from the initial consonant 쀼 (a tensed or double "gg" sound), the vowel ㅟ (wi), and the final consonant ㅇ (ng), combining these Hangul jamo elements according to the standard syllabic encoding used in Unicode’s Hangul Syllables block. This syllable is used in Korean text for writing specific words where the "ggwing" sound occurs, contributing to the precise phonetic representation of the Korean language within digital and typographic contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+B021
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ggwing
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
"ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뀡
HTML Hex Encoding 뀡
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x80 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB021
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B021
C/C++/Java Escape \ub021

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