U+BF2C "뼬" Hangul Syllable Bbyel Unicode Character
U+BF2C "뼬" Hangul Syllable Bbyel is a precomposed Korean Hangul syllable representing the phonetic combination "bbyel," which begins with the double consonant "ㅃ" (a tense, emphasized 'b' sound) followed by the vowel "ㅖ" (the 'ye' sound) and ending with the final consonant "ㄹ" (an 'l' sound). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, a modern script encoding system that allows the 11,172 possible syllable combinations of the Korean alphabet to be represented as single, indivisible encoded forms. As a typographic element, "뼬" is used in written Korean to accurately reflect the language's phonetic and syllabic structure, though it is a relatively uncommon syllable in everyday vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and fonts, supporting the proper rendering of Korean text in computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BF2C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bbyel |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뼤" U+BF24 Hangul Syllable Bbye "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뼬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뼬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xBC 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBF2C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BF2C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubf2c |