U+B9FB "맻" Hangul Syllable Maec Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
맻
U+B9FB "맻" Hangul Syllable Maec is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the Korean sound "maec." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum) with the vowel ㅐ (ae) and the final consonant ㅊ (chieut), producing a syllable that is phonetically distinct in the Korean language. This character is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible modern Korean syllables, and it is used in written Korean for specific words or names, though it is relatively rare compared to more common syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures accurate digital representation and processing of Korean text across different systems and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B9FB |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Maec |
| 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 "ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 맻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 맻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA7 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB9FB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B9FB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub9fb |