U+BFC8 "뿈" Hangul Syllable Bbyok Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
뿈
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 |