U+C140 "셀" Hangul Syllable Sel Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
셀
U+C140 "셀" Hangul Syllable Sel is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, representing the sound "sel" as it appears in the Korean language. This character is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅅ (s) with the medial vowel ㅔ (e) and the final consonant ㄹ (l), and it is commonly found in Korean words such as "셀카" (selfie) or "셀" (cell), the latter often referring to a biological cell or a prison cell. As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, it allows for efficient digital representation of Korean text without requiring dynamic character composition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C140 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sel |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "세" U+C138 Hangul Syllable Se "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 셀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 셀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x85 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC140 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C140 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc140 |