U+BA4C "멌" Hangul Syllable Meoss Unicode Character
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 |