U+C578 "앸" Hangul Syllable Aek Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
앸
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 |