U+BBB8 "뮸" Hangul Syllable Myuss Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BBB8 "뮸" Hangul Syllable Myuss is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, used to write the Korean language. It represents the phonetic combination of the initial consonant “ㅁ” (mieum, sounding like ‘m’), the medial vowel “ㅠ” (yu, sounding like ‘yoo’), and the final consonant cluster “ㅆ” (ssang shiot, a double ‘s’ or ‘ss’). This specific syllable would likely appear in transliterated loanwords or specialized vocabulary rather than common native Korean words, as the final double ‘s’ sound is relatively rare. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital text can accurately represent the full range of Korean phonology, supporting both historical and contemporary writing.

General Properties

Code Point U+BBB8
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Myuss
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뮤" U+BBA4 Hangul Syllable Myu
"ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뮸
HTML Hex Encoding 뮸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xAE 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBBB8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BBB8
C/C++/Java Escape \ubbb8

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