U+BC1C "발" Hangul Syllable Bal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
발
U+BC1C "발" Hangul Syllable Bal is the encoded representation of the Korean syllable "발," which is composed of the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup), the vowel ㅏ (a), and the final consonant ㄹ (rieul) to form the syllable *bal*. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, covering precomposed syllables used in the modern Korean writing system, and it is widely utilized in digital text to represent words such as "발" meaning "foot" or "light" depending on context. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent display, storage, and processing across different platforms and software, supporting the accurate rendering of Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC1C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bal |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 발 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 발 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB0 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC1C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC1C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc1c |