U+C5E8 "엨" Hangul Syllable Ek Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C5E8 "엨" Hangul Syllable Ek is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ek." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (silent in syllable-initial position), the medial vowel ㅔ (e), and the final consonant ㅋ (k), following the standard rules of Hangul syllabic block composition. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in the Korean language for writing words or morphemes, though it appears less frequently than more common syllables due to its specific phonetic combination. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent digital representation across platforms for Korean text.

General Properties

Code Point U+C5E8
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ek
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
"ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 엨
HTML Hex Encoding 엨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x97 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC5E8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C5E8
C/C++/Java Escape \uc5e8

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