U+C5E6 "엦" Hangul Syllable Ej Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
엦
U+C5E6 "엦" Hangul Syllable Ej is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, representing the sound "ej" and formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, which is silent in syllable-initial position) with the vowel ㅔ (e) and the final consonant ㅈ (jieut). This character, part of the Hangul Syllables block, is used in the Korean writing system to encode a complete phonetic syllable, enabling efficient digital text representation for the Korean language. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent rendering and processing across different platforms and applications, supporting accurate communication in Korean.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C5E6 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ej |
| 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 "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 엦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 엦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x97 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC5E6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C5E6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc5e6 |