U+BAB9 "몹" Hangul Syllable Mob Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
몹
U+BAB9 "몹" Hangul Syllable Mob is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "mob" formed from the consonants ㅁ (m), ㅗ (o), and ㅂ (b). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it encodes a complete Korean syllable rather than requiring individual jamo (letter) components to be combined. This character is commonly used in written Korean, appearing in words like "몹시" (mopsi), meaning "very" or "terribly." Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BAB9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Mob |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "모" U+BAA8 Hangul Syllable Mo "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 몹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 몹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xAA 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBAB9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BAB9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubab9 |