U+BEFB "뻻" Hangul Syllable Bbelh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BEFB "뻻" Hangul Syllable Bbelh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "bbelh." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅃ" (ssangbieup, a tense bilabial stop), the medial vowel "ㅔ" (e, a mid-front vowel), and the final consonant "ㅀ" (rieul-hieut, a complex coda). As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, this character is encoded for digital text processing, enabling correct representation and display of Korean words in various computing environments. Its usage typically appears in formal or literary Korean contexts, as well as in transliterations from foreign languages, though it is relatively rare in everyday modern vocabulary.

General Properties

Code Point U+BEFB
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bbelh
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뻬" U+BEEC Hangul Syllable Bbe
"ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뻻
HTML Hex Encoding 뻻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xBB 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBEFB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BEFB
C/C++/Java Escape \ubefb

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