U+BC18 "반" Hangul Syllable Ban Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
반
U+BC18 "반" Hangul Syllable Ban is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "ban" as a single block. It is formed by the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup) and the vowel ㅏ (a), ending with the final consonant ㄴ (nieun). This syllable carries a wide range of meanings in Korean vocabulary, including half or semi as in 반 (ban), as well as class or group in words like 반 (ban), and is also used in terms such as 반대 meaning opposition or 반응 meaning reaction. As part of the Unicode Standard, U+BC18 belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which encompasses all 11,172 possible precomposed Hangul syllables encoded primarily for compatibility and efficient text processing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC18 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ban |
| 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 "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 반 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 반 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB0 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC18 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc18 |