U+BA4C "멌" Hangul Syllable Meoss Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BA4C "멌" Hangul Syllable Meoss is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language. It represents a phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅁ" (mieum), the vowel "ㅓ" (eo), and the final consonant cluster "ㅆ" (ssang siot), which together are romanized as "meoss". As a specific, encoded character within Unicode's Hangul Syllables block, it allows for the digital representation of a particular syllable sound that may appear in Korean text, reflecting the systematic arrangement of the Korean writing system where each syllable is assigned a unique code point. While not a common everyday word, its existence demonstrates how Unicode supports the complete set of syllables formed by combining Korean letters.

General Properties

Code Point U+BA4C
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Meoss
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
"ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 멌
HTML Hex Encoding 멌
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA9 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBA4C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BA4C
C/C++/Java Escape \uba4c

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