U+B9FB "맻" Hangul Syllable Maec Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter