U+C6A9 "용" Hangul Syllable Yong Unicode Character
U+C6A9 "용" Hangul Syllable Yong is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "yong." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, which is silent in initial position), the medial vowel ㅛ (yo), and the final consonant ㅇ (ieung, here acting as a final ng sound). This character is widely used in Korean vocabulary, appearing in words such as 용 (yong) meaning "dragon" in Sino-Korean, as well as in other contexts like 용기 (yonggi) for "courage." As part of the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard, it occupies a specific code point designed to facilitate digital text processing, ensuring that the syllable is represented as a single, indivisible character rather than a sequence of individual jamo components.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C6A9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Yong |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "요" U+C694 Hangul Syllable Yo "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 용 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 용 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9A 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC6A9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C6A9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc6a9 |