U+C777 "읷" Hangul Syllable Igs Unicode Character
U+C777 "읷" Hangul Syllable Igs is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant “ㅇ” (a silent placeholder when at the start of a syllable), the medial vowel “ㅣ” (which sounds like the ‘ee’ in “see”), and the final consonant cluster “ㄳ” (pronounced as a tense ‘ks’ sound). This syllable is a relatively rare or obsolete form in contemporary Korean, as the final cluster “ㄳ” appears infrequently and is typically associated with certain verb stems or historical spellings, rather than common modern vocabulary. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it demonstrates the systematic encoding of Korean phonology, where each complete syllable is assigned a distinct code point for precise text representation and digital compatibility.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C777 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Igs |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "이" U+C774 Hangul Syllable I "ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 읷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 읷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9D 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC777 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C777 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc777 |