U+BC49 "뱉" Hangul Syllable Baet Unicode Character
U+BC49 "뱉" Hangul Syllable Baet is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "baet." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup, representing a "b" sound), the medial vowel ㅐ (ae, representing an "eh" sound), and the final consonant ㅌ (tieut, representing a "t" sound). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet in a single, self-contained code point for efficient text processing and display. In practical use, "뱉" appears in Korean vocabulary such as the verb "뱉다," meaning "to spit," and its inclusion in Unicode ensures correct representation and interoperability across digital platforms and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC49 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Baet |
| 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 "ᇀ" U+11C0 Hangul Jongseong Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뱉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뱉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB1 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC49 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC49 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc49 |