U+C610 "옐" Hangul Syllable Yel Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
옐
U+C610 "옐" Hangul Syllable Yel is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ye" (ㅖ) and the final consonant "l" (ㄹ). It is encoded in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block and is used in the modern Korean language to form words, typically appearing in contexts such as the adjective "옅다" (yeolda), meaning shallow or light in color, or in transliterations of foreign terms. This character follows the structural conventions of Hangul, which groups individual jamo letters into syllabic blocks, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C610 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Yel |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 옐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 옐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x98 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC610 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C610 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc610 |