U+C580 "얀" Hangul Syllable Yan Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C580 "얀" Hangul Syllable Yan is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅇ" (which is silent in initial position), the vowel "ㅑ" (ya), and the final consonant "ㄴ" (n), resulting in the sound "yan". It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable blocks for the Korean writing system based on the principle of initial, medial, and final jamo (letters). This specific syllable is used in the Korean language to form words, such as in the noun "얀" (yan), referring to a type of swallow or the color blue, depending on context.

General Properties

Code Point U+C580
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Yan
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "야" U+C57C Hangul Syllable Ya
"ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 얀
HTML Hex Encoding 얀
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x96 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC580
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C580
C/C++/Java Escape \uc580

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