U+B641 "뙁" Hangul Syllable Ddwang Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B641 "뙁" Hangul Syllable Ddwang is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic value "ddwang." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄸ" (a tensed double "d" sound) with the medial vowel "ㅘ" (wa) and the final consonant "ㅇ" (ng). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable blocks in the Korean script. While relatively rare in everyday Korean text compared to more common syllables, it demonstrates the comprehensive coverage of Unicode for the Korean alphabet, allowing for precise representation of spoken Korean in digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+B641
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ddwang
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "똬" U+B62C Hangul Syllable Ddwa
"ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뙁
HTML Hex Encoding 뙁
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x99 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB641
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B641
C/C++/Java Escape \ub641

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