U+BE8F "뺏" Hangul Syllable Bbaes Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BE8F "뺏" Hangul Syllable Bbaes is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅃ" (a tense, double bilabial stop pronounced like a strong "pp"), the medial vowel "ㅐ" (which represents the sound "ae" as in "cat"), and the final consonant "ㅅ" (a final "s" or "t" sound depending on phonological context). This syllable is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllables that can be formed from the Korean alphabet using a systematic algorithmic arrangement based on leading consonants, vowels, and trailing consonants. In Korean text, "뺏" corresponds to the pronunciation "ppaet" and appears in native vocabulary, where it carries meaning in words related to actions such as "taking away" or "snatching," making it a functional character in written Korean communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+BE8F
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bbaes
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "빼" U+BE7C Hangul Syllable Bbae
"ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뺏
HTML Hex Encoding 뺏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xBA 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBE8F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BE8F
C/C++/Java Escape \ube8f

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