U+C605 "옅" Hangul Syllable Yeot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
옅
U+C605 "옅" Hangul Syllable Yeot is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed from the initial consonant "ㅇ" (a silent placeholder), the medial vowel "ㅕ" (yeo), and the final consonant "ㅌ" (t). It represents the sound "yeot" and is used in the Korean language as a meaningful syllable within words, such as in "옅다" (yeotda), meaning "shallow" or "light" in terms of depth, flavor, or color. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard, it enables correct digital representation and processing of Korean text across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C605 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Yeot |
| 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 "ᇀ" U+11C0 Hangul Jongseong Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 옅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 옅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x98 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC605 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C605 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc605 |