U+BB8F "뮏" Hangul Syllable Mwid Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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