U+C5FD "엽" Hangul Syllable Yeob Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
엽
U+C5FD "엽" Hangul Syllable Yeob is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "yeob." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅇ" (ieung, which is silent in this position), the medial vowel "ㅕ" (yeo), and the final consonant "ㅂ" (bieup). As part of the Hangul Syllables block, this character is used in standard Korean vocabulary, appearing in words such as "엽서" (yeopseo), meaning "postcard," and it follows the typical left to right and top to bottom compositional structure of Hangul syllables.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C5FD |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Yeob |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "여" U+C5EC Hangul Syllable Yeo "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 엽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 엽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x97 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC5FD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C5FD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc5fd |