U+D42D "퐭" Hangul Syllable Pwaelg Unicode Character
U+D42D "퐭" Hangul Syllable Pwaelg is a precomposed syllabic block used in the Korean writing system, specifically part of the modern Hangul syllables block within the Unicode standard. It represents the phonetic syllable "pwaelg", composed of an initial consonant "ㅍ" (p), a medial vowel combination of "ㅘ" (wa) and "ㅔ" (e), and a final consonant "ㄹㄱ" (lg). This character is one of many encoded to facilitate the digital representation of Korean text, allowing computers to display and process the complex syllabic structure of Hangul efficiently without requiring runtime combination of individual jamo letters. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent rendering across different platforms and systems, supporting the global use of the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D42D |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Pwaelg |
| 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 "ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 퐭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 퐭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x90 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD42D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D42D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud42d |