U+B3EC "돬" Hangul Syllable Dwals Unicode Character
U+B3EC "돬" Hangul Syllable Dwals is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, used in the Korean language to represent the phonetic value of "dwals." It is formed by combining the initial consonant digraph "ㄷ" and "ㅘ" to create "돠," with the final consonant "ㄹ" (rieul) at the syllable block's bottom, producing the sound "dwals." This character is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which systematically encodes all possible 11,172 Korean syllable combinations based on the consonant vowel consonant structure. While not among the most commonly used syllables in contemporary Korean, "돬" may appear in specific vocabulary, proper nouns, or older texts, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper text processing, display, and digital preservation of the Korean writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B3EC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Dwals |
| 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 "ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 돬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 돬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x8F 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB3EC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B3EC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub3ec |