U+BC31 "백" Hangul Syllable Baeg Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
백
U+BC31 "백" Hangul Syllable Baeg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "baek." It is composed of the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup), the vowel ㅐ (ae), and the final consonant ㄱ (giyeok), which combine to form the block "백." In Korean language and culture, this syllable carries significant meaning as it is the native Korean word for the number one hundred (100) and also appears in various contexts such as the common surname "Baek" and words like "baekse" meaning white or purity. The character is widely used in everyday writing, literature, and digital text, reflecting its fundamental role in the Korean script and vocabulary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC31 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Baeg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "배" U+BC30 Hangul Syllable Bae "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 백 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 백 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB0 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC31 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC31 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc31 |