U+B9E7 "맧" Hangul Syllable Maegs Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
맧
U+B9E7 "맧" Hangul Syllable Maegs is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum), the medial vowel ㅐ (ae), and the final consonant ㄳ (giyeok-siot). In standard Korean phonology, this syllable is romanized as "maeg" and represents a distinct linguistic unit used in words such as "맥주" (maekju), meaning beer, or "맥박" (maekbak), meaning pulse. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, allowing for proper text rendering and data interchange in Korean-language computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B9E7 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Maegs |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "매" U+B9E4 Hangul Syllable Mae "ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 맧 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 맧 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA7 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB9E7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B9E7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub9e7 |