U+D4C4 "퓄" Hangul Syllable Pwess Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D4C4 "퓄" Hangul Syllable Pwess is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant “p” (ㅍ) with the medial vowel “we” (ㅞ) and the final consonant “ss” (ㅆ). It is encoded in the Hangul Syllables block, a large Unicode range dedicated to arranging syllables based on the standard Korean alphabetic order, and is typically used in written Korean to denote the sound “pwess” as part of native or loanwords. This character, like all other syllables in its block, is derived from the composition of its individual jamo components, allowing for efficient text processing in digital environments that support Hangul.

General Properties

Code Point U+D4C4
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Pwess
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "풰" U+D4B0 Hangul Syllable Pwe
"ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 퓄
HTML Hex Encoding 퓄
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x93 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD4C4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D4C4
C/C++/Java Escape \ud4c4

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter