U+BBFC "민" Hangul Syllable Min Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
민
U+BBFC "민" Hangul Syllable Min is a precomposed syllable in the Korean writing system, representing the sound "min." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum, equivalent to "m"), the vowel ㅣ (i, as in "see"), and the final consonant ㄴ (nieun, equivalent to "n") into a single block character. This syllable is widely used in the Korean language, appearing in common words such as "사람" (saram, person) and "민족" (minjok, nation or ethnic group), and its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and devices for text processing and communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BBFC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Min |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "미" U+BBF8 Hangul Syllable Mi "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 민 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 민 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xAF 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBBFC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BBFC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubbfc |