U+C1AE "솮" Hangul Syllable Swanh Unicode Character
U+C1AE "솮" Hangul Syllable Swanh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic value of "swanh." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄉ (s), the medial vowel ᅪ (wa), and the final consonant ᄂ (n), following the standard syllabic block structure of Hangul. While this specific syllable is not a common or frequently used word in contemporary Korean, it is encoded as part of the comprehensive Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which includes all possible valid combinations of initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants in the Korean alphabet. As a result, "솮" exists to ensure complete coverage for text processing and digital representation, even for rare or historical syllables.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C1AE |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Swanh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "솨" U+C1A8 Hangul Syllable Swa "ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 솮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 솮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x86 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC1AE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C1AE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc1ae |