U+BC25 "밥" Hangul Syllable Bab Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
밥
U+BC25 "밥" Hangul Syllable Bab is a precomposed syllable in the Korean writing system, representing the word for cooked rice or a meal in general. It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup), the vowel ㅏ (a), and the final consonant ㅂ (bieup), all stacked into a single block. This character is widely used in everyday Korean language and cuisine, appearing in common terms such as "비빔밥" (bibimbap) and "김밥" (gimbap). In Unicode, it belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which contains precomposed syllables to facilitate efficient text processing and display.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC25 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bab |
| 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 "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 밥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 밥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB0 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC25 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC25 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc25 |