U+BE39 "븹" Hangul Syllable Byib Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BE39 "븹" Hangul Syllable Byib is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the phonetic combination of the Korean consonants "ㅂ" (b) and "ㅣ" (i), followed by the final consonant "ㅂ" (b), resulting in the sound "byib". It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes modern Korean syllable blocks that are composed of initial, medial, and final jamo characters. This specific syllable is used in Korean writing to denote a syllable that may appear in words or names, though it is relatively rare in contemporary Korean vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and applications that support Korean text.

General Properties

Code Point U+BE39
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Byib
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
"ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 븹
HTML Hex Encoding 븹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB8 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBE39
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BE39
C/C++/Java Escape \ube39

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