U+BA23 "먣" Hangul Syllable Myaed Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BA23 "먣" Hangul Syllable Myaed is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic value of "myaed." This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅁ" (mieum), the medial vowel "ㅒ" (yae), and the final consonant "ㄷ" (digeut), illustrating how Hangul syllables are built from individual jamo components. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is used in written Korean to express specific lexical or grammatical elements, though it is relatively rare compared to more common syllables in everyday language. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent digital encoding and cross-platform representation for texts that require this particular syllabic form.

General Properties

Code Point U+BA23
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Myaed
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "먜" U+BA1C Hangul Syllable Myae
"ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 먣
HTML Hex Encoding 먣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA8 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBA23
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BA23
C/C++/Java Escape \uba23

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