U+C068 "쁨" Hangul Syllable Bbeum Unicode Character
U+C068 "쁨" Hangul Syllable Bbeum is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅃ" (a tense bilabial sound) with the medial vowel "ㅡ" (a back unrounded vowel) and the final consonant "ㅁ" (a bilabial nasal). This syllable corresponds to the Korean sound "bbeum" and is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes each possible syllable composition individually for efficient text processing. In actual Korean vocabulary, this character appears in words or contexts where the sound is needed, though it is less common than simpler syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately represent the full range of Korean phonology, supporting proper display and input across various systems and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C068 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bbeum |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쁨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쁨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x81 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC068 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C068 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc068 |