U+BC2B "밫" Hangul Syllable Bac Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
밫
U+BC2B "밫" Hangul Syllable Bac is a precomposed syllabic block representing the Korean sound "bac," formed by combining the initial consonant ㅂ (b), the vowel ㅏ (a), and the final consonant ㅊ (ch). Part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode (U+AC00 to U+D7AF), this character is encoded as a single code point rather than as separate jamo components, allowing for more efficient text processing and rendering in modern digital systems. Practically, "밫" is a legitimate but relatively uncommon syllable in the Korean language, most frequently appearing in certain place names, personal names, or onomatopoeic words, where it contributes to the rich syllabic structure that defines written Hangul.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC2B |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bac |
| 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 "ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 밫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 밫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB0 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC2B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC2B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc2b |