U+C16C "셬" Hangul Syllable Syeok Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
셬
U+C16C "셬" Hangul Syllable Syeok is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul syllabary block, representing the phonetic value "syeok." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄉ (s) with the medial vowel ㅕ (yeo) and the final consonant ᆨ (k), following the standard Korean writing system where characters are composed of initial, medial, and final positions in a single square block. This syllable is part of the comprehensive set of Hangul syllables encoded in Unicode to support the Korean language, though it is considered a rare or obscure syllable in modern usage, as the sound combination /sjʌk/ does not commonly appear in contemporary Korean vocabulary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C16C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Syeok |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 셬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 셬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x85 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC16C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C16C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc16c |