U+B516 "딖" Hangul Syllable Digg Unicode Character
U+B516 "딖" Hangul Syllable Digg is a Korean syllable block that represents the sound "digg" or "dikk," composed of the initial consonant digeut (ㄷ), the medial vowel i (ㅣ), and the final consonant giyeok (ㄱ), with the tense reinforcement that is implied by its double final consonant, though formally it is a standard, precomposed syllable in the Hangul Syllables block. This specific syllable does not commonly appear in modern standard Korean vocabulary, but it exists within the comprehensive system for encoding all possible phonetic combinations of the Korean writing system, allowing for the accurate representation of linguistic transcriptions or rare dialectal forms. As part of the Unicode standard, it ensures digital preservation and interoperability for the Korean script across different platforms and languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B516 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Digg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "디" U+B514 Hangul Syllable Di "ᆩ" U+11A9 Hangul Jongseong Ssangkiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 딖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 딖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x94 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB516 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B516 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub516 |