U+BF6A "뽪" Hangul Syllable Bbwalp Unicode Character
U+BF6A "뽪" Hangul Syllable Bbwalp is a specific precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "bbwalp." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅃ" (a tensed or double bilabial plosive) with the medial vowel "ㅘ" (a diphthong combining "o" and "a") and the final consonant "ㅍ" (an aspirated bilabial plosive). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is rarely used in everyday Korean vocabulary but may appear in transliterations, technical linguistic contexts, or creative writing where precise phonetic representation is required. Its existence illustrates how Unicode comprehensively encodes all theoretically possible syllable combinations in Hangul, even those with low frequency of actual use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BF6A |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bbwalp |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뽜" U+BF5C Hangul Syllable Bbwa "ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뽪 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뽪 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xBD 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBF6A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BF6A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubf6a |