U+BC71 "뱱" Hangul Syllable Byaelg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BC71 "뱱" Hangul Syllable Byaelg is a specific, combined syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "byaelg." It is formed from the initial consonant "ㅂ" (b), the medial vowel "ㅒ" (yae), and the final consonant cluster "ㄺ" (lg), which combines the sounds "ㄹ" (l) and "ㄱ" (g). While this syllable is not commonly used in everyday Korean vocabulary, its inclusion in the Unicode standard, within the Hangul Syllables block ranging from U+AC00 to U+D7AF, ensures that all possible precomposed Hangul syllables, including rare or invented ones, can be correctly displayed and processed in digital text. Its existence exemplifies the systematic and logical structure of the Hangul script, where individual jamo (letters) are combined sequentially to form new syllable blocks.

General Properties

Code Point U+BC71
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Byaelg
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뱨" U+BC68 Hangul Syllable Byae
"ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뱱
HTML Hex Encoding 뱱
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB1 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBC71
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BC71
C/C++/Java Escape \ubc71

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