U+B488 "뒈" Hangul Syllable Dwe Unicode Character
U+B488 "뒈" Hangul Syllable Dwe is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "dwe" as a combination of the initial consonant ᄃ (d) and the vowel ᅰ (we). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet. In written Korean, "뒈" is used in words such as "뒤" (dwi, meaning "back") when combined with other letters, or in verb stems like "뒈지다" (dwe-jida, meaning "to die" in some dialects or slang), but it is less common than its homophonic counterpart "뒈" in formal standard texts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation and processing of Korean text, supporting both historical and contemporary usage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B488 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Dwe |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄃ" U+1103 Hangul Choseong Tikeut "ᅰ" U+1170 Hangul Jungseong We |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뒈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뒈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x92 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB488 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B488 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub488 |