U+BD02 "봂" Hangul Syllable Bolp Unicode Character
U+BD02 "봂" Hangul Syllable Bolp is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic sound "bolp." It is formed by combining the initial consonant letter "ㅂ" (bieup), the vowel "ㅗ" (o), and the final consonant "ㄹㅂ" (rieul and bieup, forming the cluster "lb" in the final position). This specific syllable, while present in Unicode for completeness of the Korean writing system, is either obsolete or extremely rare in modern Korean usage, as it does not appear in standard vocabulary. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for accurate representation and encoding of historical or specialized linguistic texts, ensuring that even unused syllables from the theoretical set of all possible Hangul combinations are digitally preserved.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BD02 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bolp |
| 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 "ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 봂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 봂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB4 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBD02 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BD02 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubd02 |