U+C694 "요" Hangul Syllable Yo Unicode Character
U+C694 "요" Hangul Syllable Yo is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, specifically representing the sound "yo" as a single character for digital text encoding. It is formed by combining the Hangul Jamo (or letters) for the consonant "ㅇ" (a placeholder or null initial) and the vowel "요" (the diphthong "yo"), and it appears as a distinct character in the Unicode Standard under the Hangul Syllables block. This syllable is commonly used in the Korean language in words like "요일" (yoil, meaning day of the week) and the polite sentence-ending particle "요," which adds courtesy to statements. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital platforms, enabling accurate rendering and processing of Korean text worldwide.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C694 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Yo |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄋ" U+110B Hangul Choseong Ieung "ᅭ" U+116D Hangul Jungseong Yo |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 요 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 요 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9A 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC694 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C694 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc694 |