U+BDD4 "뷔" Hangul Syllable Bwi Unicode Character
U+BDD4 "뷔" Hangul Syllable Bwi is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system Hangul, representing the phonetic combination of the consonant "ㅂ" (b) and the vowel "위" (wi). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which assigns a unique code point to each possible syllable formed from initial consonants, vowels, and optional final consonants, allowing for efficient text processing. In Korean language usage, "뷔" appears infrequently but can be found in loanwords or specific contexts, such as the spelling of the name "V" (as in the musician from BTS) in Korean, where it is written as "뷔" to approximate the English pronunciation. Its encoding ensures that digital devices and software can correctly render, search, and transmit this syllable across different platforms and languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BDD4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bwi |
| 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 "ᅱ" U+1171 Hangul Jungseong Wi |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뷔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뷔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB7 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBDD4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BDD4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubdd4 |