U+BEFC "뻼" Hangul Syllable Bbem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BEFC "뻼" Hangul Syllable Bbem is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅃ" (a tense bilabial stop, romanized as bb), the vowel "ㅔ" (the vowel sound é as in "bed"), and the final consonant "ㅁ" (the bilabial nasal m). As part of the Hangul Syllables block, this character encodes a specific syllable that may appear in Korean words or transliterations, though it is relatively uncommon in contemporary everyday vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for precise digital representation and proper sorting of Hangul text, following the standardized syllabic order defined in the Korean character set.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뻼
HTML Hex Encoding 뻼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xBB 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBEFC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BEFC
C/C++/Java Escape \ubefc

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