U+BAE9 "뫩" Hangul Syllable Mwaelg Unicode Character
U+BAE9 "뫩" Hangul Syllable Mwaelg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "mwaelg." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum), the medial vowel ㅙ (wae), and the final consonant ㄺ (rieul-giyeok), though its usage in contemporary Korean is extremely rare. While the character is encoded in the Unicode standard to ensure consistent digital representation of all possible Hangul syllables, it does not appear in standard Korean dictionaries or common vocabulary, making it more of a theoretical or historical construct rather than a frequently used word. Its inclusion reflects Unicode's comprehensive coverage of the 11,172 mathematically possible Hangul syllable blocks, ensuring that even obscure or archaic syllables like "뫩" can be digitally rendered and preserved.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BAE9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Mwaelg |
| 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 "ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뫩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뫩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xAB 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBAE9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BAE9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubae9 |