U+C168 "셨" Hangul Syllable Syeoss Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
셨
U+C168 “셨” Hangul Syllable Syeoss is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul block, representing the Korean sound “syeoss,” which combines the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅕ (yeo), and the final consonant cluster ㅆ (ss). This character is used in the Korean writing system to form words and is commonly encountered in verb stems or grammatical endings, such as in the past tense form “셨어요” (syeosseoyo), meaning “was” or “occurred.” As a single coded unit, it simplifies text processing and display for digital environments, ensuring that the syllable appears correctly without requiring dynamic composition from individual jamo components.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C168 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Syeoss |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 셨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 셨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x85 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC168 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C168 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc168 |