U+C180 "솀" Hangul Syllable Syem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
솀
U+C180 "솀" Hangul Syllable Syem is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, used in the Korean language. It represents the phonetic sound "syem" and is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅖ (ye), and the final consonant ㅁ (m). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is encoded as a single character to facilitate efficient text processing and rendering of the Korean writing system. This character appears in contemporary Korean texts, particularly in loanwords or native vocabulary where the syllable "syem" occurs, such as in the word "솀" which can be a transliteration of foreign names or terms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C180 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Syem |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 솀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 솀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x86 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC180 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C180 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc180 |