U+C72E "윮" Hangul Syllable Yulp Unicode Character
U+C72E "윮" Hangul Syllable Yulp is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant 'ㅇ' (ieung, which is silent in initial position), the medial vowel 'ㅠ' (yu), and the final consonant 'ㄼ' (rieul-bieup, a complex cluster representing an 'lp' sound). This syllable does not correspond to a common Korean word in everyday usage but is a valid, theoretically pronounceable unit within the systematic syllabic block structure of Hangul encoded in Unicode version 2.0. Its primary purpose is to facilitate electronic text processing and display, allowing for the correct rendering of all possible syllable combinations in the Korean script, even if they are rare or obsolete in actual language use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C72E |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Yulp |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "유" U+C720 Hangul Syllable Yu "ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 윮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 윮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9C 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC72E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C72E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc72e |