U+C5B8 "언" Hangul Syllable Eon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
언
U+C5B8 "언" Hangul Syllable Eon is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "eon." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung), which is silent when placed at the start of a syllable, with the medial vowel ㅓ (eo) and the final consonant ㄴ (nieun). This syllable appears frequently in the Korean language, used in words such as "언어" (eoneo, meaning language) and "언제" (eonje, meaning when), and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and processing across platforms and software.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C5B8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Eon |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "어" U+C5B4 Hangul Syllable Eo "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 언 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 언 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x96 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC5B8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C5B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc5b8 |