U+BC59 "뱙" Hangul Syllable Byalt Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BC59 "뱙" Hangul Syllable Byalt is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "byalt". It is formed from the initial consonant ㅂ (b), the medial vowel ㅑ (ya), and the final consonant ㄹ (l) and ㅌ (t), combining into a single block as is standard for Hangul. This character falls within the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, a large range that predefines all possible syllable combinations used in Korean, allowing for efficient text encoding and display. In practical use, "뱙" is considered a rare or nonstandard syllable in contemporary Korean vocabulary, as it does not commonly appear in everyday words or proper names.

General Properties

Code Point U+BC59
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Byalt
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
"ᆴ" U+11B4 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Thieuth

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뱙
HTML Hex Encoding 뱙
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB1 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBC59
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BC59
C/C++/Java Escape \ubc59

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