U+C1C4 "쇄" Hangul Syllable Swae Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C1C4 "쇄" Hangul Syllable Swae is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅙ (wae), and no final consonant, representing the sound "swae" as in the Korean word for "crush" or "smash." This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which includes all possible combinations of initial consonants, medial vowels, and optional final consonants in a systematic encoding to support the efficient representation of Korean text. Its usage appears in modern Korean vocabulary, often in words related to breaking, fragmentation, or processing, such as 분쇄 meaning "pulverization" or "grinding."

General Properties

Code Point U+C1C4
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Swae
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "ᄉ" U+1109 Hangul Choseong Sios
"ᅫ" U+116B Hangul Jungseong Wae

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쇄
HTML Hex Encoding 쇄
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x87 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC1C4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C1C4
C/C++/Java Escape \uc1c4

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LV Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LV 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=LV
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter