U+C23F "숿" Hangul Syllable Sweolb Unicode Character
U+C23F "숿" Hangul Syllable Sweolb is a precomposed Hangul syllable used in the Korean writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant ‘ㅅ’ (s), the medial vowel ‘ㅝ’ (weo), and the final consonant ‘ㄼ’ (lb). As part of the Hangul Syllables block, this character is encoded as a single code point to facilitate efficient text processing and rendering, rather than requiring a sequence of separate jamo components. It appears in modern Korean text, including digital communication and documents, where it represents a specific syllable that may occur in words or names. The character is included in the Unicode Standard to ensure consistent representation across platforms and applications, supporting the accurate display and exchange of Korean text in global computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C23F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sweolb |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "숴" U+C234 Hangul Syllable Sweo "ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 숿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 숿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x88 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC23F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C23F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc23f |