U+BCEF "볯" Hangul Syllable Byec Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
볯
U+BCEF "볯" Hangul Syllable Byec is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic sound "byeok" or "byec." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup), the vowel ㅖ (ye), and the final consonant ㅋ (kieuk), following the standard syllabic block structure of Hangul. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations in the Korean alphabet for efficient text processing and display. While not commonly used in everyday Korean vocabulary, it may appear in specialized or historical contexts where precise phonetic representation is needed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BCEF |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Byec |
| 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 "ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 볯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 볯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB3 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBCEF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BCEF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubcef |