U+B497 "뒗" Hangul Syllable Dwelh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B497 "뒗" Hangul Syllable Dwelh is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the Korean sound "dwelh" as a single codepoint. It is formed from the initial consonant ᄃ (d), the vowel ㅞ (we), and the final consonant ᆶ (lh), which together create a syllable that is part of the standard modern Korean writing system. This character falls within the Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00 to U+D7AF), which contains all 11,172 possible precomposed syllables of the Korean alphabet. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and processing of Korean text across different platforms and applications.

General Properties

Code Point U+B497
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Dwelh
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뒈" U+B488 Hangul Syllable Dwe
"ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뒗
HTML Hex Encoding 뒗
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x92 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB497
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B497
C/C++/Java Escape \ub497

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