U+C188 "솈" Hangul Syllable Syek Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
솈
U+C188 "솈" Hangul Syllable Syek is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic sound "syek." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅅ (siot), the medial vowel ㅖ (ye), and the final consonant ㄱ (giyeok) according to the rules of Hangul orthography. This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard, where it is designated for use in encoding Korean text, particularly to represent a specific syllable that appears in limited contexts within the Korean language, though it is not among the most common syllables in everyday usage. Its inclusion ensures comprehensive coverage of all possible Hangul syllable combinations as defined by the modern Korean alphabet.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C188 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Syek |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 솈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 솈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x86 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC188 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C188 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc188 |