U+BCE0 "볠" Hangul Syllable Byel Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BCE0 "볠" Hangul Syllable Byel is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "byel". It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅂ" (bieup), the medial vowel "ㅖ" (ye), and the final consonant "ㄹ" (rieul). As part of the Hangul Syllables block, this character allows for efficient digital text processing by encoding the entire syllable as a single code point rather than assembling it from individual jamo components. While "볠" is a valid syllable in the Korean phonetic inventory, its usage in standard Korean vocabulary is extremely rare, often appearing only in specialized contexts such as transliterations or dialectal expressions.

General Properties

Code Point U+BCE0
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Byel
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "볘" U+BCD8 Hangul Syllable Bye
"ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 볠
HTML Hex Encoding 볠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB3 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBCE0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BCE0
C/C++/Java Escape \ubce0

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