U+BAC4 "뫄" Hangul Syllable Mwa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LV Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LV 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=LV
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter