U+BF2F "뼯" Hangul Syllable Bbyelb Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BF2F "뼯" Hangul Syllable Bbyelb is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "bb" (a tense bilabial stop), the medial vowel "ye" (pronounced like the "ye" in "yes"), and the final consonant "lb" (a consonant cluster originally derived from Chinese character readings). It forms a part of the modern Hangul syllabary and can be used in texting, typing, or digital writing when representing specific Korean vocabulary, though it is an extremely rare syllable in contemporary usage, often limited to ancient or dialectal contexts. As a single character in the Unicode Standard, it simplifies the rendering of complex Korean syllables that would otherwise require multiple jamo characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+BF2F
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bbyelb
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
"ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뼯
HTML Hex Encoding 뼯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xBC 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBF2F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BF2F
C/C++/Java Escape \ubf2f

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