U+BAF4 "뫴" Hangul Syllable Mwaess Unicode Character
U+BAF4 "뫴" Hangul Syllable Mwaess is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "mwaess" in the Korean writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅁ" (mieum), the vowel "ㅘ" (wa), and the final consonant "ㅆ" (ssang shiot) as part of the modern Korean alphabet. This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes complete syllable blocks to facilitate efficient text processing and display for the Korean language. While it is a valid and correctly formed syllable, it is not a commonly used word in contemporary standard Korean, primarily appearing in specialized, historical, or dialectal contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all possible phonetic combinations of Hangul jamo (letters) can be represented digitally, supporting accurate text rendering for linguistic study and legacy uses.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BAF4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Mwaess |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뫴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뫴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xAB 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBAF4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BAF4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubaf4 |