U+C156 "셖" Hangul Syllable Syeogg Unicode Character
U+C156 "셖" Hangul Syllable Syeogg is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of an initial consonant "ㅅ" (s), a medial vowel "ㅕ" (yeo), and a final consonant "ㄱ" (g), which together form the sound "syeok" with a tense or deeper articulation depending on dialect. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it was encoded to support the efficient digital representation of modern Korean text, allowing this specific syllable to be displayed and processed consistently across different operating systems and software. While not a high-frequency character in everyday Korean vocabulary, it may appear in specialized terms, proper names, or historical texts where such a syllable is required, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all valid Hangul syllables are available for accurate communication and linguistic analysis.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C156 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Syeogg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "셔" U+C154 Hangul Syllable Syeo "ᆩ" U+11A9 Hangul Jongseong Ssangkiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 셖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 셖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x85 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC156 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C156 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc156 |