U+B408 "됈" Hangul Syllable Dwaels Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B408 "됈" Hangul Syllable Dwaels is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄷ" (d), the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae), and the final consonant "ㄹ" (l). This syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable blocks formed from the standard Jamo letters, and it is used in written Korean to represent a specific sound found in certain vocabulary items. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and processing across platforms and software, supporting the accurate rendering of Korean text.

General Properties

Code Point U+B408
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Dwaels
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "돼" U+B3FC Hangul Syllable Dwae
"ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 됈
HTML Hex Encoding 됈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x90 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB408
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B408
C/C++/Java Escape \ub408

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