U+C5EC "여" Hangul Syllable Yeo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+C5EC "여" Hangul Syllable Yeo is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, representing the sound "yeo" as in the English word "yes" but with a softer ending. This character combines the initial consonant ㅇ (which is silent in initial position) and the vowel ㅕ (yeo), forming a fundamental building block of the Korean writing system. It appears frequently in everyday Korean vocabulary, such as in the word 여자 (yeoja) meaning "woman" or "girl" and 여기 (yeogi) meaning "here," making it an essential syllable for communication.
General Properties
Code Point
U+C5EC
Name
Hangul Syllable Yeo
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
여
HTML Hex Encoding
여
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEC 0x97 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding
0xC5EC
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000C5EC
C/C++/Java Escape
\uc5ec
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hangul