U+BC17 "밗" Hangul Syllable Bags Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
밗
U+BC17 "밗" Hangul Syllable Bags is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the Korean sound "bags" as composed of the initial consonant "ㅂ" (bieup), the vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant "ㄳ" (giyeok siot). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean lead consonants, vowels, and tail consonants for efficient digital text representation. "밗" is a relatively rare syllable used in Korean vocabulary, appearing in words like "밗대" referring to a type of fishing net, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent rendering and interchange across modern computing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC17 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bags |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "바" U+BC14 Hangul Syllable Ba "ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 밗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 밗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB0 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC17 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc17 |