U+BB55 "뭕" Hangul Syllable Mweonj Unicode Character
U+BB55 "뭕" Hangul Syllable Mweonj is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul writing system, representing the sound "mweonj" and formed from the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum), the medial vowel ㅝ (weo), and the final consonant ㄵ (njieut). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains a vast set of logically arranged precomposed syllables used to write the Korean language. While it is a valid and recognized syllable, 뭕 is extremely rare in modern Korean vocabulary and is typically encountered only in specialized contexts such as historical texts, linguistic studies, or as a place name component. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that any possible Korean syllable, regardless of frequency of use, can be digitally represented for accurate text processing and preservation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BB55 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Mweonj |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뭐" U+BB50 Hangul Syllable Mweo "ᆬ" U+11AC Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뭕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뭕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xAD 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBB55 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BB55 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubb55 |