U+C1D9 "쇙" Hangul Syllable Swaeng Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C1D9 "쇙" Hangul Syllable Swaeng is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅅ" (s), the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae), and the final consonant "ㅇ" (ng). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes syllables that are formed algorithmically from the individual jamo characters of the Korean writing system. This specific syllable, pronounced roughly as "swaeng," is not commonly found in everyday Korean vocabulary but may appear in specialized or phonetic contexts, reflecting the systematic and efficient way Unicode handles the vast number of possible Hangul syllable combinations.

General Properties

Code Point U+C1D9
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Swaeng
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쇄" U+C1C4 Hangul Syllable Swae
"ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쇙
HTML Hex Encoding 쇙
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x87 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC1D9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C1D9
C/C++/Java Escape \uc1d9

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