U+BF20 "뼠" Hangul Syllable Bbyeok Unicode Character
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 |