U+BCF2 "볲" Hangul Syllable Byep Unicode Character
U+BCF2 "볲" Hangul Syllable Byep is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅂ" (b), the medial vowel "ㅖ" (ye), and the final consonant "ㅍ" (p). This character falls within the Hangul Syllables block of the Unicode standard, which was designed to encode all possible syllable blocks formed from the Korean alphabet. While it is a valid and encodable character, it appears to be rarely used in standard contemporary Korean vocabulary, as the syllable "볲" does not commonly occur in everyday words or common linguistic contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that any potential or historical usage of this specific syllable can be accurately represented in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BCF2 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Byep |
| 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 "ᇁ" U+11C1 Hangul Jongseong Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 볲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 볲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB3 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBCF2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BCF2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubcf2 |