U+C77C "일" Hangul Syllable Il Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
일
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 |