U+BA56 "멖" Hangul Syllable Megg Unicode Character
U+BA56 "멖" Hangul Syllable Megg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "megg." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum), the vowel ㅔ (e), and the final consonant ㄲ (ssang-giyeok), which doubles as a tense, reinforced consonant. This particular syllable is considered rare or even nonstandard in contemporary Korean vocabulary, as modern Korean words typically do not include such a combination ending with a double final consonant like "ㄲ" in a naturally occurring syllable. Its existence in Unicode primarily serves to maintain orthographic completeness for potential historical, linguistic, or transliteration purposes, allowing for the encoding of all theoretically possible Hangul syllables.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BA56 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Megg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "메" U+BA54 Hangul Syllable Me "ᆩ" U+11A9 Hangul Jongseong Ssangkiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 멖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 멖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA9 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBA56 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BA56 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uba56 |