U+BBC8 "믈" Hangul Syllable Meul Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
믈
U+BBC8 "믈" Hangul Syllable Meul is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, used for writing the Korean language. It represents the phonetic syllable "meul," which is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum, /m/) with the vowel ㅡ (eu, /ɯ/) and the final consonant ㄹ (rieul, /l/). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet. In practical usage, the syllable "믈" can appear in various Korean words and names, though it is relatively less common than some other syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BBC8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Meul |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 믈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 믈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xAF 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBBC8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BBC8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubbc8 |