U+BE71 "빱" Hangul Syllable Bbab Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BE71 "빱" Hangul Syllable Bbab is a specific encoded character in the Hangul Syllables block of the Unicode standard, representing a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean alphabet. It consists of the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup, sounding like "b"), the vowel ㅏ (a, sounding like "ah"), and the final consonant ㅂ (bieup) acting as a batchim, thereby phonetically rendering the syllable as "bbap" with a tensed initial sound. While it is a valid and fully functional syllable in the Korean writing system, it is relatively uncommon in everyday vocabulary and often appears in specialized contexts, such as transliterations of foreign words, technical linguistic discussions, or as part of compound formations.

General Properties

Code Point U+BE71
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bbab
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "빠" U+BE60 Hangul Syllable Bba
"ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 빱
HTML Hex Encoding 빱
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xB9 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBE71
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BE71
C/C++/Java Escape \ube71

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