U+C03A "쀺" Hangul Syllable Bbwip Unicode Character
U+C03A "쀺" Hangul Syllable Bbwip is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system of the Korean language, formed from the initial consonant "ㅃ" (a tense, double bilabial sound), the medial vowel "ㅟ" (a front rounded vowel), and the final consonant "ㅂ" (a bilabial stop). This syllable, pronounced like "bbwip," does not commonly appear in modern standard Korean vocabulary but is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean jamo characters to ensure comprehensive text representation. Its existence supports accurate rendering and digital storage of Korean text, including rare or obsolete syllables and those used in specialized contexts such as historical documents or phonetic transcription.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C03A |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bbwip |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쀠" U+C020 Hangul Syllable Bbwi "ᇁ" U+11C1 Hangul Jongseong Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쀺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쀺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x80 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC03A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C03A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc03a |