U+BEE5 "뻥" Hangul Syllable Bbeong Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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