U+C170 "셰" Hangul Syllable Sye Unicode Character
U+C170 "셰" Hangul Syllable Sye is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "sye" as in the English word "shed." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅖ (ye), and optionally a final consonant, though the syllable 셰 itself has no final consonant. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean jamo (letters) into single code points for efficient text processing. In Korean, 셰 is commonly used in words such as 셰익스피어 (Shakespeare) and 셰프 (chef), and it occurs in native vocabulary and loanwords alike. Its standardized encoding ensures consistent representation across digital systems, supporting the accurate display and manipulation of Korean text worldwide.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C170 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sye |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄉ" U+1109 Hangul Choseong Sios "ᅨ" U+1168 Hangul Jungseong Ye |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 셰 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 셰 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x85 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC170 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C170 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc170 |