U+C748 "읈" Hangul Syllable Euls Unicode Character
U+C748 "읈" Hangul Syllable Euls is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system, representing the sound "eul" with a complex initial consonant cluster. Specifically, it is formed from the initial consonant "ㅇ" (a placeholder that denotes no sound when initial), the vowel "ㅡ" (eu), the final consonants "ㄹㅅ" (ls), and is pronounced as "euls" in the Revised Romanization of Korean. This character appears in the Unicode Standard as part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean lead vowels and trailing consonants for efficient text processing. While it is a valid and formally encoded syllable, it is not a common word in standard Korean vocabulary, as such complex final clusters are rare and often represent dialectical or archaic forms rather than everyday usage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C748 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Euls |
| 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 "ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 읈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 읈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9D 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC748 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C748 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc748 |