U+C059 "쁙" Hangul Syllable Bbeug Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C059 "쁙" Hangul Syllable Bbeug is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, used for writing the Korean language. It represents the sound "bbeug," formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅃ" (a tense bilabial stop, romanized as "bb") with the vowel "ㅡ" (eu) and the final consonant "ㄱ" (g/k). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is encoded as a single code point to facilitate efficient text processing and display, particularly in digital environments where Korean text is rendered. Its usage is primarily in standard Korean vocabulary where the syllable "쁙" appears, though it is less common than many other syllables due to the specific phonetic combination it represents.

General Properties

Code Point U+C059
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Bbeug
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쁘" U+C058 Hangul Syllable Bbeu
"ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쁙
HTML Hex Encoding 쁙
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x81 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC059
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C059
C/C++/Java Escape \uc059

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