U+C157 "셗" Hangul Syllable Syeogs Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C157 "셗" Hangul Syllable Syeogs is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "syeog" and formed by combining the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅕ (yeo), and the final consonant ㄱ (g). It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes modern and archaic syllable blocks using a systematic algorithm based on initial, medial, and final jamo components. This specific syllable is rarely used in contemporary Korean language and is more likely encountered in historical texts, specialized linguistic studies, or as a typographic placeholder in font development or encoding demonstrations.

General Properties

Code Point U+C157
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Syeogs
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
"ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 셗
HTML Hex Encoding 셗
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x85 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC157
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C157
C/C++/Java Escape \uc157

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter