U+BB4C "뭌" Hangul Syllable Muk Unicode Character
U+BB4C "뭌" Hangul Syllable Muk is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "muk". It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants into a single code point. This specific syllable is formed from the initial consonant "ㅁ" (mieum, equivalent to "m"), the medial vowel "ㅜ" (u, equivalent to "oo"), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok, equivalent to "k"). While "뭌" is a valid and properly formed syllable within the Korean writing system, it is not a common or frequently used word in modern Korean, and its meaning depends entirely on the context in which it appears within a written text. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that any text using this rare syllable can be accurately represented and processed across all digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BB4C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Muk |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "무" U+BB34 Hangul Syllable Mu "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뭌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뭌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xAD 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBB4C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BB4C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubb4c |