U+BE28 "븨" Hangul Syllable Byi Unicode Character
U+BE28 "븨" Hangul Syllable Byi is a precomposed syllable representing a specific, fully formed phonetic unit in the modern Korean writing system known as Hangul. This syllable is constructed from the initial consonant "ㅂ" (bieup, sounding like an unaspirated "b" or "p"), the medial vowel "ㅟ" (wi, pronounced like the "we" in "week"), and the optional final consonant "ㄴ" (nieun, sounding like an "n"), which together articulate the sound "byi" or "bwin". As part of the extensive Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character encodes the syllable as a single code point rather than a sequence of jamo components, ensuring consistent display and processing across different digital environments. Its primary use is within the Korean language, where it serves as a standard orthographic unit for writing words or syllables that contain that precise combination of sounds.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BE28 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Byi |
| 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 "ᅴ" U+1174 Hangul Jungseong Yi |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 븨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 븨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB8 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBE28 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BE28 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ube28 |