U+C171 "셱" Hangul Syllable Syeg Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
셱
U+C171 "셱" Hangul Syllable Syeg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant “ㅅ” (s), the medial vowel “ㅖ” (ye), and the final consonant “ㄱ” (g). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable blocks for the Korean alphabet following the composition sequence of initial, medial, and final letters. While not a common word in everyday Korean, “셱” would be pronounced as “syek” in standard romanization and represents a valid phonetic combination used in the language. As a unified character, it ensures consistent representation and processing of Korean text across digital platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C171 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Syeg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "셰" U+C170 Hangul Syllable Sye "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 셱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 셱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x85 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC171 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C171 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc171 |