U+BC3E "밾" Hangul Syllable Baelp Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BC3E "밾" Hangul Syllable Baelp is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, used to write the Korean language. It represents the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "B" (ㅂ), the medial vowel "ae" (ㅐ), and the final consonant "lp" (ㄼ), which together form the syllable pronounced roughly as "baelp." As part of the Hangul Syllables block, this character supports the efficient digital representation of Korean text by providing a single code point for a complete syllable block, rather than requiring separate encoding for each individual jamo component. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that the Korean writing system can be accurately displayed and processed across different platforms and software.

General Properties

Code Point U+BC3E
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Baelp
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
"ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 밾
HTML Hex Encoding 밾
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB0 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBC3E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BC3E
C/C++/Java Escape \ubc3e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter