U+BC39 "밹" Hangul Syllable Baelg Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
밹
U+BC39 "밹" Hangul Syllable Baelg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "baelg" as a combination of the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup), the vowel ㅐ (ae), and the final consonant ㄺ (rieul-giyeok). This specific syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which systematically encodes all 11,172 possible combinations of Korean jamo characters. While not a high-frequency syllable in everyday Korean vocabulary, its existence demonstrates the comprehensive and methodical approach Unicode takes to include every valid precomposed Hangul syllable, ensuring proper text display and processing for the Korean language across all digital platforms and applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC39 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Baelg |
| 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 "ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 밹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 밹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB0 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC39 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC39 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc39 |