U+BC8E "벎" Hangul Syllable Beolm Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BC8E "벎" Hangul Syllable Beolm is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, used for writing the Korean language. It represents the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅂ" (bieup), the vowel "ㅓ" (eo), and the final consonant "ㄻ" (rieul-mieut, a complex coda), which together produce the sound "beolm." This syllable is one of thousands of precomposed Hangul syllables in the Unicode standard, enabling efficient text storage and processing by avoiding the need to combine individual jamo characters dynamically for common syllables. Its inclusion ensures consistent representation across digital platforms and fonts.

General Properties

Code Point U+BC8E
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Beolm
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "버" U+BC84 Hangul Syllable Beo
"ᆱ" U+11B1 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 벎
HTML Hex Encoding 벎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB2 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBC8E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BC8E
C/C++/Java Escape \ubc8e

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