U+BE4F "빏" Hangul Syllable Bilb Unicode Character
U+BE4F "빏" Hangul Syllable Bilb is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "bilb." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅂ" (b), the medial vowel "ㅣ" (i), and the final consonant cluster "ㄼ" (lb), which together create a single, indivisible character block. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character exists to facilitate efficient text representation and processing for the Korean language, where such syllabic blocks are the standard unit of writing. While this specific syllable is not commonly found in everyday Korean vocabulary, its encoding ensures that all possible phonetic combinations of Hangul jamo (letters) are available for accurate digital communication and historical or linguistic documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BE4F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bilb |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "비" U+BE44 Hangul Syllable Bi "ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 빏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 빏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB9 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBE4F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BE4F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ube4f |