U+BA40 "멀" Hangul Syllable Meol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
멀
U+BA40 "멀" Hangul Syllable Meol is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, representing the Korean sound "meol" as a single encoded unit. This character is formed by the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum), the medial vowel ㅓ (eo), and the final consonant ㄹ (rieul), combining to form the syllable commonly used in Korean words such as "멀다" (meolda), meaning "to be far" or "distant." As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it facilitates efficient text processing and display for the Korean language, ensuring that this specific sound is represented consistently across digital platforms and applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BA40 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Meol |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "머" U+BA38 Hangul Syllable Meo "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 멀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 멀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA9 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBA40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BA40 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uba40 |