U+BEB7 "뺷" Hangul Syllable Bbyaegs Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BEB7 "뺷" Hangul Syllable Bbyaegs is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅃ" (a tensed "pp" sound from the "b" series), the medial vowel "ㅒ" (a "yae" sound pronounced like "ye" in "yes" but with a wider mouth), and the final consonant "ㄳ" (the complex cluster "gs" or "ks," representing a sequence of /ɡ/ and /s/ sounds). This specific syllable does not commonly appear in everyday Korean vocabulary but is included in the Unicode standard's Hangul Syllables block to ensure full encoding of all possible syllable combinations created under the Korean orthographic system, allowing for accurate digital representation of rare or archaic forms where a tensed bilabial onset is followed by a palatalized vowel and a complex coda.

General Properties

Code Point U+BEB7
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bbyaegs
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뺴" U+BEB4 Hangul Syllable Bbyae
"ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뺷
HTML Hex Encoding 뺷
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xBA 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBEB7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BEB7
C/C++/Java Escape \ubeb7

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