U+D496 "풖" Hangul Syllable Pweogg Unicode Character
U+D496 "풖" Hangul Syllable Pweogg is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "p" (ㅍ), the medial vowel "weo" (ㅝ), and a final double consonant "gg" (ㄲ). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic blocks formed by Korean jamo consonants and vowels. As a precomposed form, it simplifies digital text processing by providing a single code point for a complex syllable that would otherwise be represented as a sequence of individual jamo characters. Used primarily in the Korean writing system, it appears in words or literary contexts where the sound "pweogg" is required, though it is relatively uncommon in everyday modern Korean vocabulary. Its Unicode encoding ensures consistent representation across different platforms and software, supporting the accurate digital preservation and exchange of Korean texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D496 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Pweogg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "풔" U+D494 Hangul Syllable Pweo "ᆩ" U+11A9 Hangul Jongseong Ssangkiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 풖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 풖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x92 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD496 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D496 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud496 |