U+C244 "쉄" Hangul Syllable Sweom Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쉄
U+C244 "쉄" Hangul Syllable Sweom is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant “ㅅ” (s), the medial vowel “ㅝ” (weo), and the final consonant “ㅁ” (m). This syllable forms part of the larger Hangul Syllables block, which was encoded in Unicode to efficiently represent the thousands of possible syllable blocks used in modern and historical Korean texts. As a precomposed form, it allows for compact storage and simplified text processing, ensuring accurate display of the syllable “쉄” across digital platforms and fonts that support the Korean script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C244 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sweom |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쉄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쉄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x89 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC244 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C244 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc244 |