U+BEC4 "뻄" Hangul Syllable Bbyaem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BEC4 "뻄" Hangul Syllable Bbyaem is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system known as Hangul, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "bb" (a tense or double "b" sound), the medial vowel "yae" (a palatalized "ae" sound), and the final consonant "m". As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character was added to encode the syllable as a single unit, which simplifies text processing and display for languages that use Hangul. In Korean, "뻄" is not a commonly used standalone word but exemplifies the expansive Unicode coverage of syllables that account for the systematic combination of Korean phonemes, facilitating accurate representation of the language in digital formats.

General Properties

Code Point U+BEC4
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bbyaem
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
"ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뻄
HTML Hex Encoding 뻄
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xBB 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBEC4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BEC4
C/C++/Java Escape \ubec4

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