U+BA57 "멗" Hangul Syllable Megs Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
멗
U+BA57 "멗" Hangul Syllable Megs is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the sound "megs" as a combination of the initial consonant ㅁ (m), the vowel ㅔ (e), and the final consonant cluster ㄳ (gs). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllables formed from the Korean writing system using a systematic algorithm, rather than as standalone letters. U+BA57 is used in modern Korean text to represent a specific phonetic unit, though its frequency of use depends on the word in which it appears. Its inclusion ensures accurate textual representation and digital compatibility for the Korean language across different platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BA57 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Megs |
| 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 "ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 멗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 멗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA9 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBA57 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BA57 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uba57 |