U+BA2C "먬" Hangul Syllable Myaem Unicode Character
U+BA2C "먬" Hangul Syllable Myaem is a precomposed syllabic block in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic sound "myaem" which combines the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum, resembling an 'm' sound), the medial vowel ㅒ (yae, a double vowel pronounced like 'yae' or 'yeh'), and the final consonant ㅁ (mieum again) that closes the syllable. This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all 11,172 possible combinations of initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants in the Korean alphabet. Specifically, U+BA2C is used in written Korean to form words that include the syllable "myaem", though it is relatively uncommon in everyday modern vocabulary compared to more frequent syllables. The character's presence in Unicode ensures that digital text and software can correctly display and process this specific Hangul syllable across different platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BA2C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Myaem |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 먬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 먬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA8 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBA2C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BA2C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uba2c |