U+C178 "셸" Hangul Syllable Syel Unicode Character
U+C178 "셸" Hangul Syllable Syel is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant “ㅅ” (s), the medial vowel “ㅖ” (ye), and the final consonant “ㄹ” (l). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes complete syllabic blocks as single code points for efficient text processing. As a syllable used in the Korean language, “셸” may appear in various words, such as loanwords or native terms, and its pronunciation corresponds to the sound “syel,” typically found in contexts like the name of the programming language “Shell” or other proper nouns. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital platforms and systems that support Hangul text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C178 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Syel |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 셸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 셸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x85 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC178 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C178 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc178 |