U+BB7C "뭼" Hangul Syllable Mwem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BB7C "뭼" Hangul Syllable Mwem is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅁ" (mieum, representing the /m/ sound), the medial vowel "ㅞ" (we, representing the /we/ sound), and the final consonant "ㅁ" (mieum, acting as a coda /m/). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains precomposed syllables used for standard Korean text, where each syllable is mapped to a specific code point rather than being composed dynamically from jamo components. Even though "뭼" is a valid and recognizable Hangul syllable, it is extremely rare in actual Korean language usage; it does not appear in common vocabulary or standard dictionaries and may be used only in specialized contexts such as phonetic transcriptions, linguistic examples, or creative typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+BB7C
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Mwem
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뭬" U+BB6C Hangul Syllable Mwe
"ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뭼
HTML Hex Encoding 뭼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xAD 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBB7C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BB7C
C/C++/Java Escape \ubb7c

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