U+BCB6 "벶" Hangul Syllable Bej Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BCB6 "벶" Hangul Syllable Bej is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "bej", formed by combining the initial consonant "b" (ㅂ), the vowel "e" (ㅔ), and the final consonant "j" (ㅈ). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllables of the modern Korean alphabet in a single, precomposed form for ease of text processing and display. This particular syllable is not commonly used in modern standard Korean vocabulary but exists within the comprehensive Unicode set to ensure full coverage of the Korean writing system. Its structure follows the traditional Korean orthographic layout, where the initial and vowel components stack vertically on the left side of the final consonant.

General Properties

Code Point U+BCB6
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bej
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
"ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 벶
HTML Hex Encoding 벶
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB2 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBCB6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BCB6
C/C++/Java Escape \ubcb6

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