U+BAB9 "몹" Hangul Syllable Mob Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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