U+BDE4 "뷤" Hangul Syllable Bwim Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BDE4 "뷤" Hangul Syllable Bwim is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system, representing the sound "bwim" formed by the initial consonant ᄇ (bieup), the medial vowel ᅱ (wi), and the final consonant ᄆ (mieum). It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllable combinations in the Korean alphabet for efficient text processing. In standard contemporary Korean, this syllable appears in words such as 뷤다 (bwimda), meaning "to be light or buoyant," though it is relatively uncommon compared to more frequently used Hangul syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures accurate digital representation and rendering of the Korean language, supporting both formal writing and specialized linguistic use.

General Properties

Code Point U+BDE4
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bwim
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뷔" U+BDD4 Hangul Syllable Bwi
"ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뷤
HTML Hex Encoding 뷤
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB7 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBDE4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BDE4
C/C++/Java Escape \ubde4

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter