U+BCA0 "베" Hangul Syllable Be Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+BCA0 "베" Hangul Syllable Be is a precomposed syllable in the Korean writing system, representing the sound "be," which combines the initial consonant ㅂ (b) with the vowel ㅔ (e). It is encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the Hangul Syllables block, which was designed to include all possible syllable combinations in modern Korean, allowing for efficient text processing and display. This character is commonly used in Korean words such as "베개" (pillow) and "배" (boat or pear), though its specific sound differs from the latter due to the vowel distinction.
General Properties
Code Point
U+BCA0
Name
Hangul Syllable Be
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
베
HTML Hex Encoding
베
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEB 0xB2 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding
0xBCA0
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000BCA0
C/C++/Java Escape
\ubca0
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hangul