U+C5CA "엊" Hangul Syllable Eoj Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
엊
U+C5CA "엊" Hangul Syllable Eoj is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, silent in this position), the medial vowel ㅓ (eo), and the final consonant ㅈ (jiet). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic blocks formed by Korean jamo characters for efficient text processing and display. In the Korean writing system, 엊 functions as a distinct syllable used in vocabulary and grammar, though it appears less frequently than more common syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper rendering in digital environments, enabling accurate representation of Korean text across platforms and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C5CA |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Eoj |
| 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 "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 엊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 엊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x97 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC5CA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C5CA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc5ca |