U+D278 "퉸" Hangul Syllable Twess Unicode Character
U+D278 "퉸" Hangul Syllable Twess is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used to write the Korean language. It represents the phonetic sound "twess", formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅌ" (t), the medial vowel "ㅞ" (we), and the final consonant "ㅆ" (ss). As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes syllables systematically using the Ka-young-lan formula, this character allows for precise digital representation of Korean text. While not commonly used in everyday Korean vocabulary, it exemplifies how Unicode efficiently maps the complete set of approximately 11,172 possible Hangul syllables to distinct code points, enabling accurate typing and display of Korean orthography across modern computer systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D278 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Twess |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "퉤" U+D264 Hangul Syllable Twe "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 퉸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 퉸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x89 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD278 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D278 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud278 |