U+BA4B "멋" Hangul Syllable Meos Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BA4B "멋" Hangul Syllable Meos is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system that represents the sound "meot." This character is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum), the vowel ㅓ (eo), and the final consonant ㅅ (siot). In Korean, “멋” carries the meaning of style, elegance, or attractiveness, often used in compound words such as "멋있다" (meotitda), meaning "cool" or "stylish." It serves as a linguistic unit essential for conveying concepts of aesthetic appeal and charm in modern Korean language and culture.

General Properties

Code Point U+BA4B
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Meos
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
"ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 멋
HTML Hex Encoding 멋
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA9 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBA4B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BA4B
C/C++/Java Escape \uba4b

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