U+BFE8 "뿨" Hangul Syllable Bbweo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+BFE8 “뿨” Hangul Syllable Bbweo is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, representing the sound “bbweo.” It is formed by combining the double consonant ㅃ (bb) with the vertical vowel ㅝ (weo), a complex vowel that itself combines ㅜ (u) and ㅓ (eo). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character helps enable compact encoding for Korean text, allowing efficient representation of syllable blocks that are standard in written Korean. Its use appears in contemporary Korean vocabulary, often in words or dialectal expressions, though it is less common than some other syllables.

General Properties

Code Point U+BFE8
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bbweo
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "ᄈ" U+1108 Hangul Choseong Ssangpieup
"ᅯ" U+116F Hangul Jungseong Weo

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 뿨
HTML Hex Encoding 뿨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0xBF 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xBFE8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000BFE8
C/C++/Java Escape \ubfe8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LV Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LV 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=LV
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter