U+BE2F "븯" Hangul Syllable Byid Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BE2F "븯" Hangul Syllable Byid is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "byid." It is constructed from the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup), the medial vowel ㅣ (i), and the final consonant ᆮ (digeut), which together form a single, indivisible character as part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode. This character is used in the Korean language to spell words or morphemes that contain this specific syllable, though it is relatively rare in common modern vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper text representation, digital storage, and exchange for Korean texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+BE2F
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Byid
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "븨" U+BE28 Hangul Syllable Byi
"ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 븯
HTML Hex Encoding 븯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB8 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBE2F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BE2F
C/C++/Java Escape \ube2f

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