U+C74F "읏" Hangul Syllable Eus Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
읏
U+C74F "읏" Hangul Syllable Eus is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "eut." It is a composite character formed from the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, which is silent in this position) and the vowel ㅡ (eu) along with the final consonant ㅅ (siot). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet. While "읏" itself is not a common standalone word in contemporary Korean, it appears as a component in compound syllables or in older texts, and its encoding ensures consistent representation of the Korean language in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C74F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Eus |
| 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 "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 읏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 읏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9D 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC74F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C74F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc74f |