U+BC55 "뱕" Hangul Syllable Byalg Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
뱕
U+BC55 "뱕" Hangul Syllable Byalg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic sound "byalg." It is formed from the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup), the medial vowel ㅑ (ya), and the final consonant ㄺ (rieul-giyeok), which together produce the syllable block. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean jamo letters into single, precomposed code points to facilitate text processing and display. While not a high-frequency syllable in everyday Korean vocabulary, "뱕" may appear in specialized terms, transliterations, or archaic usages, and its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent representation across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC55 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Byalg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뱌" U+BC4C Hangul Syllable Bya "ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뱕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뱕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB1 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC55 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC55 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc55 |