U+C5C9 "엉" Hangul Syllable Eong Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C5C9 "엉" Hangul Syllable Eong is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "eong" as in the English word "sung" but with a stronger initial vowel. It is formed from the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, which is silent in this position), the medial vowel ㅓ (eo), and the final consonant ㅇ (ieung, acting as a nasal velar stop). In Korean, this syllable appears in common words such as "엉덩이" (eongdeongi, meaning "buttocks" or "hip") and "엉망" (eongmang, meaning "mess" or "disaster"), and it is frequently used in informal language for expressions like "엉?" (eong?, indicating confusion or a questioning sound).

General Properties

Code Point U+C5C9
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Eong
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
"ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 엉
HTML Hex Encoding 엉
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x97 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC5C9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C5C9
C/C++/Java Escape \uc5c9

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