U+D3C9 "평" Hangul Syllable Pyeong Unicode Character
U+D3C9 "평" Hangul Syllable Pyeong is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "pyeong." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅍ" (pieup), the medial vowel "ㅕ" (yeo), and the final consonant "ㅇ" (ieung), and it carries multiple significant meanings in Korean language and culture. Most commonly, "평" is used in the word "평화" (peace) and appears in contexts such as "평균" (average), "평면" (plane surface), and the unit of area measurement "평" (pyeong), which is traditionally used in Korea and equivalent to approximately 3.3 square meters. This character is part of the Unicode block Hangul Syllables (AC00–D7AF), which encodes all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D3C9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Pyeong |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "펴" U+D3B4 Hangul Syllable Pyeo "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 평 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 평 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x8F 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD3C9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D3C9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud3c9 |