U+BC8E "벎" Hangul Syllable Beolm Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
벎
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 |