U+C11C "서" Hangul Syllable Seo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
서
U+C11C "서" Hangul Syllable Seo is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean phonetic syllable "Seo". It is formed from the initial consonant ㅅ (s) and the vowel ㅓ (eo), which combine to create a fundamental building block of the Korean writing system known as Hangul. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, a modern standard that allows for digital representation of all 11,172 possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants. In the Korean language, "서" carries multiple meanings depending on context, often serving as a word for "book" or "document," or appearing in place names like Seoul, which is written as "서울" using this syllable.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C11C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Seo |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄉ" U+1109 Hangul Choseong Sios "ᅥ" U+1165 Hangul Jungseong Eo |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 서 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 서 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x84 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC11C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C11C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc11c |