U+C5E5 "엥" Hangul Syllable Eng Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
엥
U+C5E5 "엥" Hangul Syllable Eng is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅇ" (a silent or /ŋ/ sound at the end of a syllable) with the medial vowel "ㅔ" (pronounced /e/ as in "bed") and the final consonant "ㅇ" (the velar nasal /ŋ/). This syllable, while not a standalone common word in Korean, appears as a linguistic element in various compound words and is frequently used in informal digital communication, such as in texting or online chats, to express confusion, surprise, or a playful questioning sound, making it a culturally distinct representation of a vocalized reaction rather than a formal lexical item.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C5E5 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Eng |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 엥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 엥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x97 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC5E5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C5E5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc5e5 |