U+BAF4 "뫴" Hangul Syllable Mwaess Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

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