U+C740 "은" Hangul Syllable Eun Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
은
U+C740 "은" Hangul Syllable Eun is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "eun." It is formed from the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, which is silent in this initial position), the medial vowel ㅡ (eu), and the final consonant ㄴ (n). This character is widely used in Korean text, appearing frequently in words such as 은 (eun), meaning "silver," and as the subject particle in grammar. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it allows for efficient digital representation of Korean, enabling proper rendering and processing in software and electronic communication systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C740 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Eun |
| 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 "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 은 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 은 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9D 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC740 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C740 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc740 |