U+BA6B "멫" Hangul Syllable Mec Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BA6B "멫" Hangul Syllable Mec is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum), the vowel ㅔ (e), and the final consonant ㅊ (chieut). This character represents a specific phonetic block that would appear in Korean text, though it is not commonly used in everyday contemporary vocabulary outside of technical linguistic or historical contexts. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it follows the standard algorithmic arrangement of syllables based on the Korean alphabet order, ensuring that all possible combinations of initial, medial, and final jamo are encoded for digital representation.

General Properties

Code Point U+BA6B
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Mec
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
"ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 멫
HTML Hex Encoding 멫
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA9 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBA6B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BA6B
C/C++/Java Escape \uba6b

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