U+BB8F "뮏" Hangul Syllable Mwid Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+BB8F "뮏" Hangul Syllable Mwid is a representation of a specific, precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul alphabet, formed by combining the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum), the medial vowel ㅟ (wi), and the final consonant ㄷ (digeut). This particular syllable, phonetically pronounced as "mwit" or "mweed," is part of the vast Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllables that can be formed under the standard Korean orthographic rules. While rarely used in common contemporary Korean vocabulary, its existence showcases the exhaustive and systematic nature of Unicode's encoding for the Korean writing system, ensuring that every theoretical orthographic combination has a unique digital representation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BB8F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Mwid |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뮈" U+BB88 Hangul Syllable Mwi "ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뮏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뮏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xAE 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBB8F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BB8F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubb8f |