U+B9E5 "맥" Hangul Syllable Maeg Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+B9E5 "맥" Hangul Syllable Maeg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the sound "maek." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅁ" (mieum), the medial vowel "ㅐ" (ae), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok), and it appears as a single, unified character in the Unicode standard for efficient text processing. In Korean, this syllable is commonly found in words such as "맥주" (maekju, meaning beer) and "맥박" (maekbak, meaning pulse), and it is also used as a standalone character in various contexts, including names and technical terminology.
General Properties
Code Point
U+B9E5
Name
Hangul Syllable Maeg
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
맥
HTML Hex Encoding
맥
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEB 0xA7 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding
0xB9E5
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000B9E5
C/C++/Java Escape
\ub9e5
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hangul