U+C186 "솆" Hangul Syllable Syej Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C186 "솆" Hangul Syllable Syej is a single composite character representing the Korean syllable formed by the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅖ (ye), and the final consonant ㅈ (j), making the sound "syej." This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes precomposed syllabic forms for the Korean writing system, allowing for efficient text processing and display. While it is a valid and defined syllable in Unicode, it does not commonly appear in modern standard Korean vocabulary, as the combination of sounds it represents is rare in contemporary usage. Its inclusion in the standard ensures full coverage of theoretically possible Hangul syllables for historical or specialized linguistic contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+C186
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Syej
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
"ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 솆
HTML Hex Encoding 솆
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x86 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC186
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C186
C/C++/Java Escape \uc186

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