U+BCE8 "볨" Hangul Syllable Byem Unicode Character
U+BCE8 "볨" Hangul Syllable Byem is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing a phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅂ" (bieup), the medial vowel "ㅕ" (yeo), and the final consonant "ㅁ" (mieum) in the Korean writing system. This syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which includes all possible syllabic combinations formed from the Korean alphabet's jamo components, allowing for efficient text encoding. In modern Korean, "볨" is not a common word in everyday vocabulary, but it may appear in specialized contexts such as linguistic studies or transliterations of foreign sounds. Its existence in the Unicode standard ensures that Korean text can be represented correctly in digital environments, supporting the full range of syllables used in the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BCE8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Byem |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 볨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 볨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB3 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBCE8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BCE8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubce8 |