U+BFA5 "뾥" Hangul Syllable Bboeb Unicode Character
U+BFA5 "뾥" Hangul Syllable Bboeb is a single precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "bboeb." This character is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes modern Korean syllables formed by combining an initial consonant, a vowel, and an optional final consonant. Specifically, "뾥" is composed of the initial consonant ᄈ (double bieup, a tensed "b" sound), the vowel ㅚ (oe, a mid-front rounded single vowel), and the final consonant ᆸ (bieup, a "b" sound), resulting in a syllable that is rare but valid in Korean. While not a common word in everyday Korean, this character exemplifies Unicode's comprehensive system for encoding all 11,172 possible modern Hangul syllables, ensuring full text support for the Korean language in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BFA5 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bboeb |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "뾔" U+BF94 Hangul Syllable Bboe "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 뾥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 뾥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xBE 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBFA5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BFA5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubfa5 |