U+BEE5 "뻥" Hangul Syllable Bbeong Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
뻥
U+BEE5 "뻥" Hangul Syllable Bbeong is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "bbeong." It is formed from the initial consonant ㅃ (ssangbieup), the medial vowel ㅓ (eo), and the final consonant ㅇ (ieung), which together create a single syllabic block. In Korean language usage, this character can appear in words such as "뻥튀기" (ppeongtwigi, meaning puffed snack) or as a slang term for a lie or exaggeration. As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, it was encoded for consistent digital representation across all platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BEE5 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bbeong |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뻥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뻥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xBB 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBEE5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BEE5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubee5 |