U+B458 "둘" Hangul Syllable Dul Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
둘
U+B458 "둘" Hangul Syllable Dul is the precomposed Hangul syllable for the Korean word meaning "two," formed from the initial consonant digraph ㄷ (d) and the medial vowel ㅜ (u) combined with the final consonant ㄹ (l). As a standard modern Hangul block, it is typically used in everyday written Korean to denote the number 2, and it appears both in isolation and as part of compound words or expressions, such as in counting objects or indicating a pair. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for consistent digital representation across platforms, ensuring that this common syllable can be typed, displayed, and searched reliably in Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B458 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Dul |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "두" U+B450 Hangul Syllable Du "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 둘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 둘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x91 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB458 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B458 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub458 |