U+C6AA "욪" Hangul Syllable Yoj Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C6AA "욪" Hangul Syllable Yoj is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system, representing a specific Korean phonetic unit. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅇ" (a silent onset in syllable-initial position, but can represent the sound /ŋ/ in some other contexts), the medial vowel "ㅛ" (which represents the sound "yo"), and the final consonant "ㅈ" (which sounds like "j" or "ch" depending on its position). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encompasses all possible syllabic combinations of Korean jamo, and its inclusion allows for efficient text encoding and display in digital environments. As a relatively rare character, "욪" does not commonly appear in everyday Korean vocabulary but exists within the complete set of theoretical syllable forms, demonstrating the systematic and exhaustive nature of the Hangul script.

General Properties

Code Point U+C6AA
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Yoj
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
"ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 욪
HTML Hex Encoding 욪
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x9A 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC6AA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C6AA
C/C++/Java Escape \uc6aa

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter