U+BCF8 "본" Hangul Syllable Bon Unicode Character
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U+BCF8 "본" Hangul Syllable Bon is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the Korean sound "bon" as a combination of the initial consonant ㅂ (bieup) and the vowel ㅗ (o) with the final consonant ㄴ (nieun). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllables formed by combining Korean jamo characters in a systematic manner. This specific syllable, 본, is commonly used in the Korean language to form words such as "본" meaning "origin" or "root" and appears in various contexts including names, academic terms, and everyday vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode enables consistent digital representation and text processing across different platforms and systems.
General Properties
Code Point
U+BCF8
Name
Hangul Syllable Bon
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
본
HTML Hex Encoding
본
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEB 0xB3 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding
0xBCF8
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000BCF8
C/C++/Java Escape
\ubcf8
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hangul