U+BF20 "뼠" Hangul Syllable Bbyeok Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BF20 "뼠" Hangul Syllable Bbyeok is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic sound "bbyeok" in the Korean writing system. This character is formed from the initial consonant "ㅃ" (a tense bilabial stop, romanized as pp) combined with the medial vowel "ㅕ" (yeo) and the final consonant "ㄱ" (g/k). In the Unicode standard, it belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which contains precomposed syllables for all standard modern Korean combinations. The character "뼠" is not among the most frequently used syllables in everyday Korean text, but it is a valid component of the Korean lexicon, appearing in specific contexts such as transliterations or less common native words. Unicode assigns this syllable a distinct code point to ensure consistent representation and processing across digital systems, allowing for proper rendering and textual analysis in Korean-language environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+BF20
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bbyeok
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뼈" U+BF08 Hangul Syllable Bbyeo
"ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뼠
HTML Hex Encoding 뼠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xBC 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBF20
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BF20
C/C++/Java Escape \ubf20

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