U+BCBC "벼" Hangul Syllable Byeo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
벼
U+BCBC "벼" Hangul Syllable Byeo is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "byeo" as a combination of the consonant ㅂ (bieup) and the vertical vowel ㅕ (yeo). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations in the Korean alphabet, allowing for efficient text processing and display. In Korean, the syllable 벼 is commonly used in words such as "벼" meaning "rice plant" or "paddy rice," reflecting its agricultural significance in Korean culture.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BCBC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Byeo |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄇ" U+1107 Hangul Choseong Pieup "ᅧ" U+1167 Hangul Jungseong Yeo |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 벼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 벼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB2 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBCBC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BCBC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubcbc |