U+BC1A "밚" Hangul Syllable Banh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
밚
U+BC1A "밚" Hangul Syllable Banh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅂ" (b), the medial vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant "ㄶ" (nh). This syllable, pronounced approximately as "bahn" with a nasalized final sound, is used in Korean language texts to form words or parts of words, such as in the verb "밚다" meaning "to be light" or "to be easy." As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, it is encoded in the Unicode Standard to enable digital representation and processing of Korean text, supporting consistent display and input across various platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC1A |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Banh |
| 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 "ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 밚 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 밚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB0 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC1A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC1A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc1a |