U+BE3A "븺" Hangul Syllable Byibs Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BE3A "븺" Hangul Syllable Byibs is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language. It represents the phonetic sound "byibs," formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅂ" (bieup), the medial vowel "ㅣ" (i), and the final consonant cluster "ㅄ" (bieup siot). This character is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllable combinations in standard Korean orthography according to the principles of the Hunminjeongeum. Despite being a valid syllable, "븺" is a graphic unit that does not occur in typical contemporary Korean vocabulary, making it a rarely used or theoretical formation within the writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+BE3A
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Byibs
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
"ᆹ" U+11B9 Hangul Jongseong Pieup-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 븺
HTML Hex Encoding 븺
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB8 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBE3A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BE3A
C/C++/Java Escape \ube3a

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