U+BAC4 "뫄" Hangul Syllable Mwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
뫄
U+BAC4 "뫄" Hangul Syllable Mwa is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "mwa" formed by combining the initial consonant mieum (ㅁ) with the vowel wa (ㅘ). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which was created to encode all possible syllable combinations of the Korean alphabet to facilitate efficient text processing. In practical use, "뫄" appears in certain native Korean words and loanword transcriptions, though it is less common in everyday modern Korean compared to more frequent syllables. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent representation across digital platforms and devices, supporting the accurate display and processing of written Korean.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BAC4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Mwa |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄆ" U+1106 Hangul Choseong Mieum "ᅪ" U+116A Hangul Jungseong Wa |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뫄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뫄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xAB 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBAC4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BAC4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubac4 |