U+BF55 "뽕" Hangul Syllable Bbong Unicode Character
U+BF55 "뽕" Hangul Syllable Bbong is a precomposed syllable from the Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "bbong." This character is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅃ (a tensed double bieup) with the medial vowel ㅗ (o) and the final consonant ㅇ (ieung), and it carries a distinctly forceful and playful onomatopoeic quality. In modern Korean, 뽕 is most commonly used as an interjection mimicking the sharp, reverberating sound of a spring, a drumbeat, or something snapping into action, and it is also a key part of the term "뽕짝" (bbongjjak), which refers to a genre of upbeat, often retro Korean trot music accompanied by a lively, bouncing rhythm. Beyond sound symbolism, the syllable can appear in a few concrete nouns, such as 뽕나무 (bbongnamu), meaning "mulberry tree," whose leaves are essential for silkworm cultivation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BF55 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bbong |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뽀" U+BF40 Hangul Syllable Bbo "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뽕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뽕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xBD 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBF55 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BF55 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubf55 |