U+B029 "뀩" Hangul Syllable Ggyug Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B029 "뀩" Hangul Syllable Ggyug is a precomposed syllable representing a specific sound in the Korean writing system, Hangul. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tensed "g" sound), the medial vowel "ㅠ" (the diphthong "yu"), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (a "g" or "k" sound), producing the phonetic reading of "ggyug". As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in Korean text to represent a word or morpheme, though it is a relatively rare syllable in modern Korean vocabulary compared to more common combinations. Its encoding simplifies digital storage and display by providing a single code point for the entire syllable, rather than requiring the combination of separate jamo characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+B029
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ggyug
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뀨" U+B028 Hangul Syllable Ggyu
"ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뀩
HTML Hex Encoding 뀩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x80 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB029
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B029
C/C++/Java Escape \ub029

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