U+D3AE "펮" Hangul Syllable Pej Unicode Character
U+D3AE "펮" Hangul Syllable Pej is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅍ" (p), the vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant "ㅈ" (j). It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which was designed to encode all possible syllabic blocks formed from the modern Korean alphabet according to the Unicode Standard’s syllabic algorithm. This specific syllable, pronounced “pej” or “pech” in standard Korean, is a valid but relatively rare character in modern usage, typically encountered in older or specialized vocabulary, proper names, or phonetic transcriptions. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, allowing Korean text to be displayed and processed without ambiguity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D3AE |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Pej |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "페" U+D398 Hangul Syllable Pe "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 펮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 펮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x8E 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD3AE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D3AE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud3ae |