U+BD16 "봖" Hangul Syllable Bwanh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
봖
U+BD16 "봖" Hangul Syllable Bwanh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "bwanh" as a combination of the initial consonant "ㅂ" (b), the medial vowel "ㅘ" (wa), and the final consonant "ㄶ" (nh). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllables that can be formed from the Korean alphabet, and it is used in written Korean to denote a specific pronunciation, though it does not commonly appear in everyday vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation and rendering across digital platforms and text systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BD16 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bwanh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "봐" U+BD10 Hangul Syllable Bwa "ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 봖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 봖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB4 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBD16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BD16 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubd16 |