U+C247 "쉇" Hangul Syllable Sweos Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쉇
U+C247 "쉇" Hangul Syllable Sweos is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system, representing the sound "sweos" as a combination of the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅝ (weo), and the final consonant ㅅ (s). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of Korean jamo in a single code point for efficient text processing. Its use is primarily in written Korean, where it may appear in specific words or transcriptions, though it is not among the most frequently occurring syllables in everyday language. The encoding ensures correct digital representation and typographic rendering of Korean text across platforms and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C247 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sweos |
| 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 "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쉇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쉇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x89 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC247 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C247 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc247 |