U+C6BC "욼" Hangul Syllable Uls Unicode Character
U+C6BC "욼" Hangul Syllable Uls is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing a specific phonetic block formed by the initial consonant "ㅇ" (silent), the vowel "ㅜ" (u), and the final consonant "ㄹㅅ" (ls) cluster, which is pronounced as a tensed "l" sound followed by an "s" in Korean. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard, this character was encoded to support the complete set of logically possible syllable combinations in Hangul, even if some are rarely used in contemporary Korean language or appear primarily in historical or technical contexts. The syllable "욼" does not correspond to a common Korean word, but its encoding ensures full coverage for linguistic accuracy, text processing, and digital representation of Hangul, particularly in specialized fields like typography or linguistic research.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C6BC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Uls |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "우" U+C6B0 Hangul Syllable U "ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 욼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 욼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9A 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC6BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C6BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc6bc |