U+BCF7 "볷" Hangul Syllable Bogs Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BCF7 "볷" Hangul Syllable Bogs is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, representing the phonetic sound "bogs". This character is formed from the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup), the vowel ㅗ (o), and the final consonant ㄳ (giyeok siot), which together produce a single block syllable in the modern Korean alphabet. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, U+BCF7 was encoded to support the efficient representation of Korean text, enabling computers to display and process this specific syllable without requiring separate combination of its component jamo (letters).

General Properties

Code Point U+BCF7
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bogs
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "보" U+BCF4 Hangul Syllable Bo
"ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 볷
HTML Hex Encoding 볷
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB3 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBCF7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BCF7
C/C++/Java Escape \ubcf7

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