U+BC96 "벖" Hangul Syllable Beobs Unicode Character
U+BC96 "벖" Hangul Syllable Beobs is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "beobs," formed by combining the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup), the medial vowel ㅓ (eo), and the final consonant ㅂ (bieup) as a batchim. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all logically possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet in a standardized, single code point. The syllable "벖" itself is rarely used in modern Korean vocabulary but exists as a valid orthographic unit, often appearing in historical texts, linguistic examples, or as a building block for less common words. Its inclusion ensures full coverage of the modern Hangul syllabary, supporting accurate text processing and representation of the Korean writing system across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BC96 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Beobs |
| 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 "ᆹ" U+11B9 Hangul Jongseong Pieup-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 벖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 벖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB2 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBC96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BC96 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubc96 |