U+BC72 "뱲" Hangul Syllable Byaelm Unicode Character
U+BC72 "뱲" Hangul Syllable Byaelm is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "byaelm," a phonetic combination that is not a standard, common syllable in modern Korean. It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants in the Korean writing system. This specific syllable is formed by the initial consonant "ㅂ" (bieup), the medial vowel "ㅒ" (yae), and the final consonant "ㄻ" (rieul-mieut), a final consonant cluster. While it exists as a valid encoded character to ensure comprehensive coverage of the Hangul script, "뱲" is rarely used in everyday Korean language and would typically appear only in specialized linguistic contexts or historical transcriptions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC72 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Byaelm |
| 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 "ᆱ" U+11B1 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뱲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뱲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB1 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC72 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC72 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc72 |