U+C720 "유" Hangul Syllable Yu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
유
U+C720 "유" Hangul Syllable Yu is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "yu" as in the English word "you." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (which is silent as a placeholder) with the vowel ㅠ (yu), and it functions as a fundamental building block in Korean writing, appearing in common words such as "유리" (glass) and "유학" (study abroad). This character is classified under the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard and occupies a specific code point within the systematically encoded range that maps all possible Hangul syllable combinations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C720 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Yu |
| 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 "ᅲ" U+1172 Hangul Jungseong Yu |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 유 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 유 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9C 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC720 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C720 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc720 |