U+C1EB "쇫" Hangul Syllable Soelb Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C1EB "쇫" Hangul Syllable Soelb is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, formed by combining the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the vowel ㅚ (oe), and the final consonant ㄼ (lb). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it represents a specific phonetic sound in Korean, though it is relatively rare in contemporary vocabulary and is not among the most frequently used syllables. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital systems can correctly encode and display this character without relying on a sequence of separate jamo components, maintaining consistency for Korean text processing and typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+C1EB
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Soelb
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쇠" U+C1E0 Hangul Syllable Soe
"ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쇫
HTML Hex Encoding 쇫
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x87 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC1EB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C1EB
C/C++/Java Escape \uc1eb

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