U+C021 "쀡" Hangul Syllable Bbwig Unicode Character
U+C021 "쀡" Hangul Syllable Bbwig is a specific codepoint within the Unicode standard’s Hangul Syllables block, representing a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅃ" (a tense bilabial stop, romanized as "bb") with the medial vowel "ㅟ" (the diphthong "wi") and the final consonant "ㄱ" (the velar stop "g"), resulting in the phonetic value [p͈ɥiɡ]. This syllable does not commonly appear in natural modern Korean vocabulary but is included in the complete inventory of all logically possible Hangul syllables, which number 11,172 precomposed blocks, to ensure comprehensive coverage for written Korean. Its inclusion reflects Unicode’s goal of facilitating precise text data interchange, encoding and rendering for any valid Hangul sequence even when the specific combination is rare or lexical.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C021 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bbwig |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쀠" U+C020 Hangul Syllable Bbwi "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쀡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쀡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x80 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC021 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C021 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc021 |