U+C618 "옘" Hangul Syllable Yem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
옘
U+C618 "옘" Hangul Syllable Yem is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, representing the phonetic value of "yem." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (as a null initial), the medial vowel ㅖ (ye), and the final consonant ㅁ (m), and is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, where all possible syllable combinations are encoded in a standardized order. While "옘" is not one of the most common syllables in modern Korean vocabulary, it can appear in certain loanwords, proper nouns, or archaic spellings, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C618 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Yem |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 옘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 옘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x98 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC618 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C618 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc618 |