U+C5E8 "엨" Hangul Syllable Ek Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
엨
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 |