U+C59D "얝" Hangul Syllable Yaenj Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C59D "얝" Hangul Syllable Yaenj is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "yaenj," formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung), the medial vowel ㅒ (yae), and the final consonant ㄵ (nieun-jieut). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains 11,172 precomposed syllables that cover modern Korean writing. While it is a valid and standardized character in the Unicode standard, it is a relatively uncommon syllable in contemporary Korean usage, as the final consonant cluster ㄵ appears rarely in everyday vocabulary. Its encoding allows for precise digital representation of Korean text without needing to dynamically combine individual jamo characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+C59D
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Yaenj
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "얘" U+C598 Hangul Syllable Yae
"ᆬ" U+11AC Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Cieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 얝
HTML Hex Encoding 얝
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x96 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC59D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C59D
C/C++/Java Escape \uc59d

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