U+BD34 "봴" Hangul Syllable Bwael Unicode Character
U+BD34 "봴" Hangul Syllable Bwael is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅂ" (bieup, representing the sound b), the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae, a diphthong combining o and ae), and the final consonant "ㄹ" (rieul, representing the l sound). This specific syllable belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains 11,172 prearranged syllables that cover all possible combinations of initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants in standard Korean orthography. The character "봴" is used in written Korean to represent the phonetic sound /bwɛl/ and follows the traditional block-style arrangement of jamo (the individual Hangul letters) into a single square-shaped character, as customary in Korean typography. It is primarily encountered in native Korean words or loanwords, though its usage is less common compared to more frequent syllables in everyday Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BD34 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bwael |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "봬" U+BD2C Hangul Syllable Bwae "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 봴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 봴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB4 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBD34 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BD34 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubd34 |