U+C159 "셙" Hangul Syllable Syeonj Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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