U+BFC8 "뿈" Hangul Syllable Bbyok Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BFC8 "뿈" Hangul Syllable Bbyok is a specific syllabic block in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "bbyok" as a single orthographic unit. It is composed of the initial consonant "ㅃ" (a tense, doubled version of "ㅂ" pronounced as a strong "bb") and the final consonant "ㄱ" (pronounced as a final "k" sound), surrounding the vowel "ㅛ" (sounds like "yo"). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in written Korean to denote a distinct syllable, though it is relatively rare in everyday vocabulary compared to more common syllables.

General Properties

Code Point U+BFC8
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bbyok
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "뾰" U+BFB0 Hangul Syllable Bbyo
"ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뿈
HTML Hex Encoding 뿈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xBF 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBFC8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BFC8
C/C++/Java Escape \ubfc8

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