U+B3E8 "돨" Hangul Syllable Dwal Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B3E8 "돨" Hangul Syllable Dwal is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, used for writing the Korean language. It represents the sound "dwal," formed from the initial consonant ㄷ (d), the medial vowel ㅘ (wa), and the final consonant ㄹ (l). This character is part of the Unicode standard's Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean jamo in a single codepoint for efficient text processing. While not among the most common syllables in everyday Korean vocabulary, it can appear in certain native words, loanword transcriptions, or proper names, and its inclusion ensures complete coverage of valid Hangul syllables for digital communication and typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+B3E8
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Dwal
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "돠" U+B3E0 Hangul Syllable Dwa
"ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 돨
HTML Hex Encoding 돨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x8F 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB3E8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B3E8
C/C++/Java Escape \ub3e8

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