U+BB18 "묘" Hangul Syllable Myo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
묘
U+BB18 "묘" Hangul Syllable Myo is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the phonetic sound "myo" in the Korean writing system. It is composed of the initial consonant ᄆ (mieum) and the medial vowel ᅭ (yo), forming a single syllable block that appears in many Korean words, such as "고양이" (cat) where it is not directly used, but it is notably found in terms like "묘지" (cemetery) or "묘사" (description). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character supports the efficient digital representation of modern Korean text, enabling accurate rendering and input across computing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BB18 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Myo |
| 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 "ᅭ" U+116D Hangul Jungseong Yo |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 묘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 묘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xAC 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBB18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BB18 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubb18 |