U+BB2D "묭" Hangul Syllable Myong Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BB2D "묭" Hangul Syllable Myong is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, Hangul, representing the phonetic sound "myong." This specific syllable is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum, representing "m") with the medial vowel ㅛ (yo) and the final consonant ㅇ (ieung, which acts as a silent placeholder or the velar nasal "ng" in syllable-final position). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, "묭" is used primarily in the Korean language for writing words and names that include this sound, though it is relatively less common in everyday vocabulary compared to more frequent syllables in the Korean lexicon.

General Properties

Code Point U+BB2D
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Myong
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "묘" U+BB18 Hangul Syllable Myo
"ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 묭
HTML Hex Encoding 묭
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xAC 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBB2D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BB2D
C/C++/Java Escape \ubb2d

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