U+B9E4 "매" Hangul Syllable Mae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
매
U+B9E4 "매" Hangul Syllable Mae is a precomposed syllable representing the Korean sound "mae," formed from the consonants and vowels that combine to create this specific character in the Hangul writing system. It is one of many encoded syllables in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which was designed to efficiently represent the large number of possible syllable combinations in modern Korean. In the Korean language, "매" has multiple meanings and uses, such as in the word "매다" meaning "to tie" or "매일" meaning "every day," making it a common and essential component for writing and reading Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B9E4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Mae |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄆ" U+1106 Hangul Choseong Mieum "ᅢ" U+1162 Hangul Jungseong Ae |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 매 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 매 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA7 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB9E4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B9E4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub9e4 |