U+C5A9 "얩" Hangul Syllable Yaeb Unicode Character
U+C5A9 "얩" Hangul Syllable Yaeb is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, which is silent in this position) with the vowel ㅒ (yae) and the final consonant ㅂ (bieup). This specific syllable represents the phonetic value "yaep" and, like all precomposed Hangul syllables encoded in Unicode, it allows for efficient text processing and display of Korean in digital environments, where it appears as a single block character rather than as separate component jamo. While not among the most common syllables in the Korean language, it is a valid and correctly formed unit used in certain words or transcriptions, reflecting the comprehensive coverage of the standard modern Hangul set within the Unicode standard.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C5A9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Yaeb |
| 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 "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 얩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 얩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x96 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC5A9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C5A9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc5a9 |