U+C5D1 "" Hangul Syllable Eg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+C5D1 "" Hangul Syllable Eg is a precomposed Korean Hangul syllable representing the sound "eg" or "ek," depending on phonetic context. It is formed from the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, a silent placeholder in initial position for vowel sounds), the vowel ㅔ (e), and the final consonant ㄱ (giyeok). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes complete syllable blocks for the Korean writing system, allowing for efficient text processing and display. In modern Korean, "엑" appears in various words, such as in the loanword "엑스" (ekseu, meaning "X" or "x-ray"), and exemplifies how Unicode enables digital representation of complex syllabic scripts.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
엑
HTML Hex Encoding
엑
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEC 0x97 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding
0xC5D1
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000C5D1
C/C++/Java Escape
\uc5d1