U+C018 "쀘" Hangul Syllable Bbwess Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C018 "쀘" Hangul Syllable Bbwess is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "bbwe" or "ppwe" depending on romanization conventions. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅃ" (a tensed bilabial stop, romanized as bb or pp), the medial vowel "ㅞ" (a diphthong combining "ㅜ" and "ㅔ" to produce the "we" sound), and the final consonant "ㅆ" (a tensed alveolar sibilant, romanized as ss). This syllable demonstrates how Hangul blocks are built systematically to represent a single phonetic unit, with U+C018 specifically belonging to the Hangul Syllables block, which covers all possible combinations of initial, medial, and final jamo in Korean orthography.

General Properties

Code Point U+C018
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bbwess
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쀄" U+C004 Hangul Syllable Bbwe
"ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쀘
HTML Hex Encoding 쀘
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x80 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC018
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C018
C/C++/Java Escape \uc018

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