U+BCCA "볊" Hangul Syllable Byeolp Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BCCA "볊" Hangul Syllable Byeolp is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "byeolp" which combines the initial consonant "ㅂ" (b), the medial vowel "ㅕ" (yeo), and the final consonant "ㄹㅍ" (lp). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains over 11,000 precomposed syllables used to efficiently represent the Korean writing system. While it is a valid and encoded character, it is a relatively uncommon syllable in everyday Korean text, as the final consonant cluster "ㄹㅍ" (lp) appears in only a limited number of words. Its existence in the standard demonstrates the comprehensive nature of Unicode's coverage of all theoretically possible Hangul syllables.

General Properties

Code Point U+BCCA
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Byeolp
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "벼" U+BCBC Hangul Syllable Byeo
"ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 볊
HTML Hex Encoding 볊
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB3 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBCCA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BCCA
C/C++/Java Escape \ubcca

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