U+B3C5 "독" Hangul Syllable Dog Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
독
U+B3C5 "독" Hangul Syllable Dog is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "dok" or "dog" in Korean. It is formed from the initial consonant "ㄷ" (d), the medial vowel "ㅗ" (o), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (g), combined into a single block character. This syllable commonly appears in Korean vocabulary, notably in words like "독수리" (doksuri, meaning eagle) or "독" (dog, as in poison), and its encoding in Unicode allows for consistent digital representation across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B3C5 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Dog |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "도" U+B3C4 Hangul Syllable Do "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 독 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 독 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x8F 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB3C5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B3C5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub3c5 |