U+BA6C "멬" Hangul Syllable Mek Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BA6C "멬" Hangul Syllable Mek is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "mek." It is formed from the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum), the medial vowel ㅔ (e), and the final consonant ㅋ (kieuk), though this specific syllable is rarely used in standard Korean vocabulary and appears primarily in specialized or transliterated contexts. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is encoded to facilitate the digital representation of Korean text, allowing for accurate rendering and processing of the language's syllabic script.

General Properties

Code Point U+BA6C
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Mek
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
"ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 멬
HTML Hex Encoding 멬
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xA9 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBA6C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BA6C
C/C++/Java Escape \uba6c

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