U+C578 "앸" Hangul Syllable Aek Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C578 "앸" Hangul Syllable Aek is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "aek," formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅇ" (ieung), the vowel "ㅐ" (ae), and the final consonant "ㅄ" (bieup and siot). This character is used in the Korean writing system to encode a specific syllable block that appears in Korean text, and it is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains all possible precomposed syllables for the Korean alphabet. The "앸" syllable may occur in native Korean words or loanwords, though it is relatively rare compared to more common syllables, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and processing of Korean language content across platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+C578
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Aek
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "애" U+C560 Hangul Syllable Ae
"ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 앸
HTML Hex Encoding 앸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x95 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC578
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C578
C/C++/Java Escape \uc578

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
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 Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter