U+3156 "ㅖ" Hangul Letter Ye Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+3156 "ㅖ" Hangul Letter Ye is a precomposed Hangul jamo representing the Korean vowel sound "ye," which is a single Unicode entity encoding one of the basic letters in the Korean writing system. This character is distinct from the sequence of individual jamo that would otherwise be needed to represent the same vowel, serving as a convenience for text processing and legacy compatibility. In modern Korean, ㅖ is typically used as a syllable-initial vowel and appears in words like "예" (ye meaning "yes") or "계" (gye), where it combines with initial consonants to form syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital platforms, preserving the phonetic and orthographic structure of the Hangul script for both historical and contemporary use.

General Properties

Code Point U+3156
Version Added 1.1
Name Hangul Letter Ye
Block Hangul Compatibility Jamo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Compat
Decomposition Mapping "ᅨ" U+1168 Hangul Jungseong Ye

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㅖ
HTML Hex Encoding ㅖ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x85 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0x3156
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00003156
C/C++/Java Escape \u3156

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "ᅨ" U+1168 Hangul Jungseong Ye
NFKC Simple Casefold "ᅨ" U+1168 Hangul Jungseong Ye
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
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 Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter