U+B9DB "맛" Hangul Syllable Mas Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
맛
U+B9DB "맛" Hangul Syllable Mas is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "mat" and carries the meaning of "taste" or "flavor" in the Korean language. This character is formed from the initial consonant "ㅁ" (mieum), the vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant "ㅅ" (siot), following the structural rules of Hangul syllable block composition. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard, "맛" is a common and essential word in Korean, appearing frequently in everyday contexts related to food, cuisine, and sensory experience. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital representation and processing of modern Korean text across various platforms and applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B9DB |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Mas |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "마" U+B9C8 Hangul Syllable Ma "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 맛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 맛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA7 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB9DB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B9DB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub9db |