U+C59F "얟" Hangul Syllable Yaed Unicode Character
U+C59F "얟" Hangul Syllable Yaed is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the spoken sound "yaet" or "yaed." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, which is silent in initial position), the medial vowel ㅒ (yae), and the final consonant ㄷ (digeut, typically pronounced as /t/ in final position). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which systematically encodes all possible syllable combinations in the Korean writing system, allowing for efficient text processing and display. In practice, "얟" is a relatively uncommon syllable in contemporary Korean vocabulary, but it adheres to the phonetic and orthographic rules of Hangul, reflecting the language's structured and logical design.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C59F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Yaed |
| 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 "ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 얟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 얟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x96 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC59F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C59F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc59f |