U+BE09 "븉" Hangul Syllable Byut Unicode Character
U+BE09 "븉" Hangul Syllable Byut is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅂ" (b), the medial vowel "ㅠ" (yu), and the final consonant "ㅌ" (t). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains over 11,000 precomposed syllabic characters that were systematically encoded to represent all possible syllable blocks of the Korean alphabet. As a specific yet rarely used syllable, "븉" appears in historical or technical contexts, such as in transcriptions of foreign loanwords or in lexicographic references, rather than in common contemporary Korean text. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures consistent digital representation and interchange across different systems and platforms without relying on dynamic syllable assembly.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BE09 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Byut |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뷰" U+BDF0 Hangul Syllable Byu "ᇀ" U+11C0 Hangul Jongseong Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 븉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 븉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB8 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBE09 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BE09 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ube09 |