U+C5E4 "엤" Hangul Syllable Ess Unicode Character
U+C5E4 "엤" Hangul Syllable Ess is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system for the Korean language, formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung), the medial vowel ㅔ (e), and the final consonant ㅆ (ssang ssiot). It represents a distinct phonetic unit in Korean, specifically the sound /e̞t̚/, which occurs in words such as "엤다" (a contracted form of "있었다" meaning "was there" in informal speech). As part of the Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00 to U+D7AF), this character is encoded as a single codepoint for efficient text processing and display, bypassing the need for dynamic syllable assembly. Its usage is integral to proper representation of Korean text in digital environments, ensuring that the correct shape and pronunciation are maintained across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C5E4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ess |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "에" U+C5D0 Hangul Syllable E "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 엤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 엤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x97 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC5E4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C5E4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc5e4 |