U+C16C "셬" Hangul Syllable Syeok Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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