U+BC74 "뱴" Hangul Syllable Byaels Unicode Character
U+BC74 "뱴" Hangul Syllable Byaels is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant “ㅂ” (bieup), the medial vowel “ㅒ” (yae), and the final consonant “ㄹ” (rieul) as part of the Hangul syllabic block structure within Unicode’s Hangul Syllables range. This particular syllable, though not common in everyday Korean vocabulary, exemplifies how Unicode encodes all 11,172 possible modern Hangul syllables as single code points for efficient text processing, allowing seamless representation of sounds used in words, names, or linguistic contexts. Its inclusion in the standard ensures that Korean texts can be displayed and manipulated accurately across digital platforms, reflecting the systematic nature of Hangul orthography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC74 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Byaels |
| 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 "ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뱴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뱴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB1 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC74 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC74 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc74 |