U+BAE8 "뫨" Hangul Syllable Mwael Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
뫨
U+BAE8 "뫨" Hangul Syllable Mwael is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetically complex sound "mwae" followed by an "l" final consonant. It is formed from the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum), the medial diphthong ㅙ (wae), and the final consonant ㄹ (rieul). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in modern Korean for writing specific lexical items or place names where such a syllable occurs, though it is relatively rare in everyday vocabulary compared to more common syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and rendering across platforms for Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BAE8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Mwael |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뫠" U+BAE0 Hangul Syllable Mwae "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뫨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뫨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xAB 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBAE8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BAE8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubae8 |