U+C0F9 "샹" Hangul Syllable Syang Unicode Character
U+C0F9 "샹" Hangul Syllable Syang is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "syang." This character is formed by combining the initial consonant letter "ㅅ" (siot), the medial vowel "ㅑ" (ya), and the final consonant "ㅇ" (ieung), which together create a single syllable block. In the Unicode standard, it belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which contains a comprehensive set of all possible syllables constructed from the basic and compound jamo characters of the Korean alphabet. While "샹" is not among the most frequently used syllables in contemporary Korean, it does appear in certain loanwords, literary contexts, or regional terms, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and text processing across platforms and languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C0F9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Syang |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 샹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 샹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x83 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC0F9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C0F9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc0f9 |