U+BED8 "뻘" Hangul Syllable Bbeol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
뻘
U+BED8 "뻘" Hangul Syllable Bbeol is a single precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "bbeol" formed from the initial consonant 'ㅃ' (ssangbieup) and the vowel 'ㅓ' (eo) combined with the final consonant 'ㄹ' (rieul). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible modern Korean syllable combinations as distinct characters for efficient text processing. This specific syllable can be found in various Korean words and contexts, such as in the adjective "뻘겋다" (bbeolgeota) meaning "reddish" or in the noun "뻘" meaning "mudflat," depending on the word and its usage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BED8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bbeol |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뻐" U+BED0 Hangul Syllable Bbeo "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뻘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뻘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xBB 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBED8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BED8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubed8 |