U+C555 "압" Hangul Syllable Ab Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
압
U+C555 "압" Hangul Syllable Ab is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "ab." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (a placeholder for a null initial sound in syllable-final position), the vowel ㅏ (a), and the final consonant ㅂ (b), which together create a closed syllable. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, encoded in version 2.0 to efficiently represent the thousands of possible syllables in Korean text. Used in everyday written Korean, the syllable "압" appears in words such as "압력" (apryeok, meaning pressure) and "압박" (apbak, meaning oppression or pressure), and is essential for accurately rendering the language in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C555 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ab |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "아" U+C544 Hangul Syllable A "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 압 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 압 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x95 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC555 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C555 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc555 |