U+BD2C "봬" Hangul Syllable Bwae Unicode Character
U+BD2C "봬" Hangul Syllable Bwae is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "bwae". It is formed from the initial consonant ㅂ (b), the medial vowel ㅙ (wae), and no final consonant, making it a single complete character in the Hangul syllabic block. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible 11,172 syllable combinations for the Korean alphabet. While not as common as some other syllables, "봬" appears in everyday Korean vocabulary, such as in the verb "봬다" (to see or to meet in a respectful context) or in forms like "봬요" (a polite request or suggestion). Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation and text processing for Korean language users globally.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BD2C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bwae |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄇ" U+1107 Hangul Choseong Pieup "ᅫ" U+116B Hangul Jungseong Wae |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 봬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 봬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB4 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBD2C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BD2C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubd2c |