U+BC22 "밢" Hangul Syllable Balp Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
밢
U+BC22 "밢" Hangul Syllable Balp is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic value /balp/ (with a final ㅍ, or 'p' sound). It is formed from the initial consonant ㅂ (b), the vowel ㅏ (a), and the final consonant cluster ㅍ (p), following the structural principles of Hangeul where letters are grouped into syllabic blocks. While not among the most common syllables in everyday Korean vocabulary, "밢" can appear in specific lexical or phonetic contexts, such as in certain verb forms or dialectal expressions. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains over 11,000 precomposed syllables that facilitate efficient text representation and processing for the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC22 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Balp |
| 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 "ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 밢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 밢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB0 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC22 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC22 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc22 |