U+D242 "퉂" Hangul Syllable Tuj Unicode Character
U+D242 "퉂" Hangul Syllable Tuj is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅌ" (t), the medial vowel "ㅜ" (u), and the final consonant "ㅈ" (j). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block within Unicode, a vast range of over 11,000 precomposed syllables designed to represent the complete set of phonetically valid syllable blocks in the Korean writing system. While "퉁" (tung) or "퉤" (twe) are more common in everyday Korean vocabulary, "퉂" is a valid syllable that would theoretically appear in words or names, though it is rare and may not be found in standard dictionaries. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that any possible Hangul syllable can be digitally represented without needing dynamic composition from individual jamo characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D242 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Tuj |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "투" U+D22C Hangul Syllable Tu "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 퉂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 퉂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x89 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD242 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D242 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud242 |