U+C788 "있" Hangul Syllable Iss Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
있
U+C788 "있" Hangul Syllable Iss is a precomposed Hangul syllable that represents the Korean word "iss," which means "to exist" or "to have" and is a fundamental verb in the Korean language. This character is formed from the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung), the vowel ㅣ (i), and the final consonant cluster ㅆ (ssang shiot), and its Unicode encoding allows for consistent digital representation across different platforms and devices. As part of the Hangul Syllables block, it is widely used in modern Korean text, including in common expressions like "있습니다" (itseumnida), the formal polite form of the verb.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C788 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Iss |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 있 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 있 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9E 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC788 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C788 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc788 |