U+C609 "옉" Hangul Syllable Yeg Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+C609 "옉" Hangul Syllable Yeg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅇ" (ieung, which is silent when at the start of a syllable), the vowel "ㅖ" (ye), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok). This syllable does not correspond to a common Korean word in standard usage, but it is part of the vast set of Hangul syllables encoded in Unicode to enable accurate digital representation of the Korean language, where each syllable block is assigned a distinct code point. Its inclusion ensures that any valid combination of jamo, the individual Korean letters, can be typed and displayed correctly, supporting both historical and linguistic completeness in text processing.
General Properties
Code Point
U+C609
Name
Hangul Syllable Yeg
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
옉
HTML Hex Encoding
옉
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEC 0x98 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding
0xC609
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000C609
C/C++/Java Escape
\uc609
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hangul