U+D255 "퉕" Hangul Syllable Tweolt Unicode Character
U+D255 "퉕" Hangul Syllable Tweolt is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system of the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅌ" (t), the medial vowel "ㅝ" (weo), and the final consonant "ㄾ" (lt), thereby forming the sound "tweolt." As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is encoded as a single entity for the sake of text processing efficiency, specifically to support the standardized syllable inventory used in contemporary South and North Korean orthography. While not a common word in everyday Korean vocabulary, "퉕" exemplifies the structured and systematic nature of Hangul, where each block is constructed from jamo (letters) arranged in a square grid, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures accurate digital representation and rendering of the Korean language across computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D255 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Tweolt |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "퉈" U+D248 Hangul Syllable Tweo "ᆴ" U+11B4 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 퉕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 퉕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x89 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD255 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D255 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud255 |