U+C60C "옌" Hangul Syllable Yen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
옌
U+C60C "옌" Hangul Syllable Yen is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, Hangul. It represents the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅇ" (a placeholder that is silent when at the start of a syllable), the medial vowel "ㅖ" (pronounced 'ye' as in 'yes'), and the final consonant "ㄴ" (pronounced 'n'), resulting in the sound "yen." As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in written Korean to form words and names, appearing in contexts such as the common Korean surname "연" (Yen or Yeon, depending on romanization). It is encoded for digital text representation, ensuring consistent display across devices and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C60C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Yen |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "예" U+C608 Hangul Syllable Ye "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 옌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 옌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x98 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC60C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C60C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc60c |