U+C1B6 "솶" Hangul Syllable Swalp Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C1B6 "솶" Hangul Syllable Swalp is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant “ㅅ” (s), the vowel “ㅘ” (wa), and the final consonant “ㄿ” (lp), which is a double consonant cluster ending. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, encoded to facilitate efficient digital text processing by providing a single code point for a fully formed syllable block, rather than requiring separate encodings for individual jamo components. As with other Hangul syllables, it is used in modern Korean writing, though the specific syllable “솶” is relatively rare in contemporary vocabulary.

General Properties

Code Point U+C1B6
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Swalp
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
"ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 솶
HTML Hex Encoding 솶
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x86 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC1B6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C1B6
C/C++/Java Escape \uc1b6

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