U+C0E5 "샥" Hangul Syllable Syag Unicode Character
U+C0E5 "샥" Hangul Syllable Syag is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅑ (ya), and the final consonant ㄱ (g). Formed by grouping these three jamo characters into a single code point, it appears in the Unicode Standard's Hangul Syllables block, which encompasses all 11,172 possible syllable blocks of South Korean standard Hangul. In practical usage, this specific syllable is relatively rare in modern Korean vocabulary, but it can be found in certain transliterations, onomatopoeic words, or as a component of compound terms. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across devices and platforms, allowing for accurate text processing and display of Korean language content.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C0E5 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Syag |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "샤" U+C0E4 Hangul Syllable Sya "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 샥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 샥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x83 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC0E5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C0E5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc0e5 |