U+BCA6 "벦" Hangul Syllable Benh Unicode Character
U+BCA6 "벦" Hangul Syllable Benh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "benh" (pronounced with a final 'h' sound). This character is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup), the vowel ㅔ (e), and the final consonant ㅀ (rieul hieut), which is a compound batchim. It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, a Unicode range that encodes each possible syllabic block in the Hangul script as a distinct character for efficient text representation. While not a common or frequently used syllable in everyday Korean vocabulary, it exists as a valid part of the language's orthographic system, often found in technical or linguistic contexts where precise syllabic expression is necessary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BCA6 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Benh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "베" U+BCA0 Hangul Syllable Be "ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 벦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 벦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB2 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBCA6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BCA6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubca6 |