U+BCA6 "벦" Hangul Syllable Benh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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