U+C596 "얖" Hangul Syllable Yap Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C596 "얖" Hangul Syllable Yap is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system of the Korean language, formed from the initial consonant ㅇ (which is silent when initial) and the vowel ㅑ (ya), combined with the final consonant ㅍ (p). This specific syllable represents the sound "yap" in Korean phonology. It is part of the Hangul Syllables Unicode block, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of Korean jamo (letters) in a single character, allowing for efficient text processing and display.

General Properties

Code Point U+C596
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Yap
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
"ᇁ" U+11C1 Hangul Jongseong Phieuph

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 얖
HTML Hex Encoding 얖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x96 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC596
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C596
C/C++/Java Escape \uc596

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