U+BC00 "밀" Hangul Syllable Mil Unicode Character
U+BC00 "밀" Hangul Syllable Mil is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic value "mil" (pronounced like "meel" in English). It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅁ (mieum, representing the "m" sound) with the vowel ㅣ (i, representing the "ee" sound) and the final consonant ㄹ (rieul, representing the "l" sound) into a single, unified block. In Korean, this character is a common word meaning "wheat" or "flour" and is used extensively in everyday language, such as in terms for wheat products, agriculture, and cooking. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is encoded for use in digital text, ensuring that Korean speakers can accurately represent this fundamental syllable across all modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC00 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Mil |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 밀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 밀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB0 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC00 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC00 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc00 |