U+C747 "읇" Hangul Syllable Eulb Unicode Character
U+C747 "읇" Hangul Syllable Eulb is a specific precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, which is silent), the medial vowel ㅡ (eu), and the final consonant ㅂ (bieup), resulting in the phonetic value of [ɯlb] or [ɯl]. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains 11,172 precomposed syllables that allow for efficient digital representation of Korean text by avoiding the need for dynamic composition of individual jamo (letters). While not a common or frequently used word in everyday Korean vocabulary, "읇" follows the standard orthographic structure of the syllabic writing system and illustrates the logical, block-based organization of Unicode for the Hangul script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C747 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Eulb |
| 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 "ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 읇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 읇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9D 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC747 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C747 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc747 |