U+BB5F "뭟" Hangul Syllable Mweolh Unicode Character
U+BB5F "뭟" Hangul Syllable Mweolh is part of the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard, representing a specific composite syllable from the modern Korean alphabet. This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅁ" (mieum), the medial vowel "ㅝ" (wo), and the final consonant "ㄼ" (rieul bieup), which produces a sound approximated as "mweolb" or "mweolh" in romanization. It is used in written Korean to represent a legitimate but relatively rare syllable, typically occurring in verb stems or compound words where the final consonant cluster is pronounced as a tensed or altered sound in spoken language. By encoding this syllable as a precomposed character, Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital systems without requiring separate combining marks for its individual jamo components.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BB5F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Mweolh |
| 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 "ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뭟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뭟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xAD 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBB5F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BB5F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubb5f |