U+C76C "읬" Hangul Syllable Yiss Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C76C "읬" Hangul Syllable Yiss is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "yiss," formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅇ" (a silent placeholder), the medial vowel "ㅣ" (romanized as "i"), and the final consonant "ㅆ" (a double "s" sound romanized as "ss"). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, a range of 11,172 precomposed syllables used to encode modern and historical Korean text. This specific syllable is relatively rare and may appear in specialized or archaic vocabulary, but it is valid for digital representation of Korean writing, ensuring compatibility across systems. As with other Hangul syllables, it supports the efficient encoding of Korean characters by allowing each syllable to be mapped to a single code point rather than requiring separate jamo combinations.

General Properties

Code Point U+C76C
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Yiss
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "의" U+C758 Hangul Syllable Yi
"ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 읬
HTML Hex Encoding 읬
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x9D 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC76C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C76C
C/C++/Java Escape \uc76c

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