U+BBC1 "믁" Hangul Syllable Meug Unicode Character
U+BBC1 "믁" Hangul Syllable Meug is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "meug" as a combination of the consonant ㅁ (m) and the vowel ㅡ (eu), followed by the final consonant ㄱ (g). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllabic blocks formed from initial and final consonants with a medial vowel, allowing for efficient digital representation of Korean text. In use, it appears in formal written Korean, such as in literature or technical documentation, though it is relatively rare compared to more common syllables like "먹" (meok). Its inclusion in Unicode supports accurate rendering and input of the complete set of Korean syllables across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BBC1 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Meug |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "므" U+BBC0 Hangul Syllable Meu "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 믁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 믁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xAF 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBBC1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BBC1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubbc1 |