U+C77C "일" Hangul Syllable Il Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C77C "일" Hangul Syllable Il is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound “il.” It is formed from the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, silent when initial) and the vowel ㅣ (i), combined with the final consonant ㄹ (rieul). This character is a highly common and fundamental unit in the Korean writing system, often appearing in everyday words such as “하루 일” (one day) and “일본” (Japan), and it also functions as the Sino-Korean numeral for the number one. The inclusion of this syllable in the Unicode Standard as a single codepoint allows for efficient digital text processing, display, and storage of Korean language content across various platforms and devices.

General Properties

Code Point U+C77C
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Il
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
"ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 일
HTML Hex Encoding 일
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x9D 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC77C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C77C
C/C++/Java Escape \uc77c

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