U+D020 "퀠" Hangul Syllable Kwel Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D020 "퀠" Hangul Syllable Kwel is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "kwel." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk, pronounced as a aspirated 'k'), the vowel "ㅞ" (we, a diphthong pronounced like 'weh'), and the final consonant "ㄹ" (rieul, an 'l' sound). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of the Unicode standard, which encodes all possible syllable combinations for the Korean alphabet. In practical usage, "퀠" appears in Korean text for words or names where that specific syllable is needed, though it is relatively rare in everyday vocabulary, often found in transliterations or specific compounds.

General Properties

Code Point U+D020
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Kwel
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "퀘" U+D018 Hangul Syllable Kwe
"ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 퀠
HTML Hex Encoding 퀠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x80 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD020
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D020
C/C++/Java Escape \ud020

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