U+BC1F "밟" Hangul Syllable Balb Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
밟
U+BC1F "밟" Hangul Syllable Balb is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing a single block of jamo (letters) that forms the phonetic syllable "balb." It is composed of the initial consonant "ㅂ" (bieup), the vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final double consonant "ㄼ" (rieul-bieup), where the final cluster includes two consonants that contribute to the syllable's distinct pronunciation. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes 11,172 precomposed syllables used in modern Korean text. In practical usage, 밟 appears in words like "밟다" (balbda), meaning "to step on" or "to tread," making it a functional and common element in the Korean lexicon.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC1F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Balb |
| 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 "ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 밟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 밟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB0 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC1F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC1F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc1f |