U+C637 "옷" Hangul Syllable Os Unicode Character
U+C637 "옷" Hangul Syllable Os is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "ot" as in the word for "clothes" or "garment." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅇ" (a silent placeholder in this position), the vowel "ㅗ" (o), and the final consonant "ㅅ" (t), all of which are encoded separately in the Hangul Jamo blocks. This character falls within the Unicode Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00 to U+D7AF), which contains 11,172 precomposed syllables arranged in a systematic order based on the Korean phonetic alphabet. In standard Korean orthography, "옷" is commonly used in everyday vocabulary, such as in the word "옷장" (closet) or "옷걸이" (coat hanger), and its correct representation in digital text relies on Unicode’s comprehensive encoding to preserve the precise orthography and typographic consistency of the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C637 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Os |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "오" U+C624 Hangul Syllable O "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 옷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 옷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x98 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC637 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C637 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc637 |