U+BC78 "뱸" Hangul Syllable Byaem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
뱸
U+BC78 "뱸" Hangul Syllable Byaem is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "byaem." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup), the medial vowel ㅒ (yae), and the final consonant ㅁ (mieum). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is used in modern Korean text to write words or syllables that include this specific combination, such as in the word for "snake" (뱀), though the character "뱸" itself is less common and may appear in specialized or archaic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC78 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Byaem |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뱸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뱸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB1 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC78 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC78 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc78 |