U+C159 "셙" Hangul Syllable Syeonj Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
셙
U+C159 "셙" Hangul Syllable Syeonj is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅅ" (s), the medial vowel "ㅕ" (yeo), and the final consonant "ㄵ" (nj). This specific syllable is used in the Korean language as part of its written system, where characters are formed by grouping jamo (letters) into syllabic blocks. While not among the most common syllables in everyday Korean text, "셙" may appear in specialized vocabulary, proper nouns, or inflected forms, and it is encoded in the Unicode Standard to ensure consistent digital representation across different platforms and applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C159 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Syeonj |
| 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 "ᆬ" U+11AC Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 셙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 셙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x85 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC159 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C159 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc159 |