U+BE60 "빠" Hangul Syllable Bba Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BE60 "빠" Hangul Syllable Bba is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup) with the vowel ㅏ (a) to produce the sound "bba." This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encompasses all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet, enabling efficient digital representation of the language. In Korean, "빠" carries a tensed or fortis pronunciation, distinguished from the plain "바" by its sharper, more forceful articulation, and it commonly appears in words like "빠르다" (to be fast) or "빵" (bread), reflecting its role in conveying nuanced phonetic distinctions in spoken and written Korean.

General Properties

Code Point U+BE60
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bba
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "ᄈ" U+1108 Hangul Choseong Ssangpieup
"ᅡ" U+1161 Hangul Jungseong A

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 빠
HTML Hex Encoding 빠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB9 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBE60
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BE60
C/C++/Java Escape \ube60

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LV Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LV 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=LV
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter