U+C0B4 "살" Hangul Syllable Sal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
살
U+C0B4 "살" Hangul Syllable Sal is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "sal." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅅ (s) with the vowel ㅏ (a) and the final consonant ㄹ (l). In the Korean language, this syllable carries multiple meanings, most commonly referring to "flesh" or "skin" as in the human body, "age" when used in the context of years (e.g., 살이 다섯), or "a spike" or "thorn" in a more specific context. As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, U+C0B4 is encoded as a single character to facilitate efficient digital text processing and display, following the standard pattern of ordering syllables by their initial, medial, and final components.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C0B4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sal |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "사" U+C0AC Hangul Syllable Sa "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 살 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 살 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x82 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC0B4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C0B4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc0b4 |