U+C5C8 "었" Hangul Syllable Eoss Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
었
U+C5C8 "었" Hangul Syllable Eoss is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "eoss" or "eot", which is a common spelling in the Korean language. It is formed by the combination of the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung), the vowel ㅓ (eo), and the final consonant ㅅ (siot), and it serves as a grammatical ending or component in many Korean verb and adjective conjugations, particularly in the past tense or descriptive forms. This syllable is part of the modern Korean writing system and is used in everyday text, making it a frequently encountered character in Korean digital communications and literature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C5C8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Eoss |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 었 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 었 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x97 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC5C8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C5C8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc5c8 |