U+BCE2 "볢" Hangul Syllable Byelm Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BCE2 "볢" Hangul Syllable Byelm is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "byelm" which is formed from the initial consonant "bieup" (ㅂ), the medial vowel "yeo" (ㅕ), and the final consonant "rieul-mieum" (ㄻ). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which includes 11,172 precomposed syllables used in the modern Korean writing system. This specific syllable is not among the most frequently used in modern Korean vocabulary, but it exists within the comprehensive set of theoretically possible syllables that the Korean writing system can produce. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that any text containing this rare or specialized syllable can be accurately represented and displayed electronically without relying on combining characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+BCE2
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Byelm
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
"ᆱ" U+11B1 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 볢
HTML Hex Encoding 볢
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB3 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBCE2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BCE2
C/C++/Java Escape \ubce2

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