U+D426 "퐦" Hangul Syllable Pwaegg Unicode Character
U+D426 "퐦" Hangul Syllable Pwaegg is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul block, representing a phonetic combination in the Korean alphabet. This particular syllable is formed from the initial consonant 'ㅍ' (p), the medial vowel 'ㅙ' (wae), and the final consonant 'ㄲ' (kk), which together produce the sound "pwaegg." As part of the Unicode standard, it allows for the efficient encoding of Korean text by providing a single code point for this common syllable, rather than requiring separate encoding of its individual jamo components. While this syllable is a valid construct within the Korean writing system, it is relatively rare and may not appear in everyday vocabulary, serving instead to complete the systematic inventory of possible Hangul syllables.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D426 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Pwaegg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "퐤" U+D424 Hangul Syllable Pwae "ᆩ" U+11A9 Hangul Jongseong Ssangkiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 퐦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 퐦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x90 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD426 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D426 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud426 |