U+BA6D "멭" Hangul Syllable Met Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
멭
U+BA6D "멭" Hangul Syllable Met is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system for the Korean language, representing the phonetic sound "met" which combines the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum) with the medial vowel ㅔ (e) and the final consonant ㅌ (tieut). As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, it was encoded to support the efficient representation of the Korean alphabet without requiring dynamic combination of individual jamo components, ensuring consistent display across digital platforms. While not among the most frequently used syllables in everyday Korean, it appears in certain lexical contexts or transcriptions, contributing to the complete orthographic repertoire of the Korean script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BA6D |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Met |
| 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 "ᇀ" U+11C0 Hangul Jongseong Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 멭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 멭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xA9 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBA6D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BA6D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uba6d |