U+BE14 "블" Hangul Syllable Beul Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
블
U+BE14 "블" Hangul Syllable Beul is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "beul" as in the English word "bull" but with a softer 'l' ending. It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup), the medial vowel ㅡ (eu), and the final consonant ㄹ (rieul), and is commonly found in Korean words such as 블로그 (beullogeu), meaning "blog," or 블루 (beullu), meaning "blue." As a standard character in the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, it enables precise and efficient digital representation of Korean text, supporting the language's unique syllable-based orthography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BE14 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Beul |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "브" U+BE0C Hangul Syllable Beu "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 블 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 블 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB8 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBE14 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BE14 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ube14 |