U+B9EE "맮" Hangul Syllable Maelm Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
맮
U+B9EE "맮" Hangul Syllable Maelm is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the phonetic value of "maelm." It is formed from the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum), the medial vowel ㅐ (ae), and the final consonant cluster ㄻ (rieul-mieum), which combines ㄹ (rieul) and ㅁ (mieum) as a complex batchim. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in the Korean writing system to represent a specific sound in the language, though it is relatively rare compared to more common syllables. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital text can accurately represent the full range of Korean syllables, supporting proper spelling and pronunciation in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B9EE |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Maelm |
| 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 "ᆱ" U+11B1 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 맮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 맮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA7 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB9EE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B9EE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub9ee |