U+B4DC "드" Hangul Syllable Deu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B4DC "드" Hangul Syllable Deu is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "deu" (IPA: [dɯ]). This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄷ" (d) with the vertical vowel "ㅡ" (eu), and it functions as a complete, single code point for efficient digital text processing and display. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, "드" is widely used in written Korean to form words such as "드라마" (deurama, "drama") and "드라이브" (deuraibeu, "drive"), making it a common and essential component for representing Korean language text in computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+B4DC
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Deu
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
"ᅳ" U+1173 Hangul Jungseong Eu

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 드
HTML Hex Encoding 드
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x93 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB4DC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B4DC
C/C++/Java Escape \ub4dc

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LV Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LV 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=LV
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter