U+BE54 "빔" Hangul Syllable Bim Unicode Character
U+BE54 "빔" Hangul Syllable Bim is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "bim" as a combination of the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup) and the vowel ㅣ (i), followed by the final consonant ㅁ (mieum). In Korean, this syllable carries various meanings depending on context, most notably serving as the root for the word "빔" (bim) which can refer to a "beam" of light or a "ray," as well as being a common component in technical and everyday vocabulary, such as in "레이저 빔" (rajeo bim) for "laser beam." Its inclusion in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible precomposed Hangul syllables, ensures consistent digital representation and interoperability across platforms for Korean text processing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BE54 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bim |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 빔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 빔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB9 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBE54 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BE54 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ube54 |