U+C73D "윽" Hangul Syllable Eug Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C73D "윽" Hangul Syllable Eug is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, which is silent at the start of a syllable) with the medial vowel ㅡ (eu) and the final consonant ㅋ (kieuk). This syllable is pronounced similarly to the sound "euk" in English and is used in written Korean to represent specific morphological or lexical units, though it is less common than many other syllables in everyday language. As part of the Unicode Standard, this character ensures consistent digital representation across different platforms, allowing users to type and display this specific Hangul block without needing separate combining sequences.

General Properties

Code Point U+C73D
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Eug
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "으" U+C73C Hangul Syllable Eu
"ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 윽
HTML Hex Encoding 윽
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x9C 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC73D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C73D
C/C++/Java Escape \uc73d

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