U+B6BB "뚻" Hangul Syllable Ddweogs Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B6BB "뚻" Hangul Syllable Ddweogs is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ddweogs." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄄ (a tense 'dd' sound), the medial vowel ㅞ (pronounced 'we'), and the final consonant ᆨ (a 'g' or 'k' sound), demonstrating how Korean syllables are systematically encoded in Unicode's Hangul Syllables block. This character is used in written Korean to convey a specific lexical or grammatical syllable, though it is relatively rare in everyday vocabulary, serving primarily as a building block for precise phonetic transcription within the language's syllabic structure.

General Properties

Code Point U+B6BB
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ddweogs
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뚸" U+B6B8 Hangul Syllable Ddweo
"ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뚻
HTML Hex Encoding 뚻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x9A 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB6BB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B6BB
C/C++/Java Escape \ub6bb

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