U+C606 "옆" Hangul Syllable Yeop Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
옆
U+C606 "옆" Hangul Syllable Yeop is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "yeop". It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung), the vowel ㅕ (yeo), and the final consonant ㅍ (pieup), which together create a phonetically compound character used in standard modern Korean. This syllable commonly appears in words such as 옆 "yeop" meaning "side" or "next to," and it is integral to conveying spatial relationships in the language. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it allows for efficient text representation and processing in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C606 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Yeop |
| 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 "ᇁ" U+11C1 Hangul Jongseong Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 옆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 옆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x98 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC606 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C606 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc606 |