U+C24A "쉊" Hangul Syllable Sweoj Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C24A "쉊" Hangul Syllable Sweoj is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul orthography used to write the Korean language. It represents the phonetically combined sound "sweoj" (or "sweo" with a final "j" consonant), formed by the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅝ (weo), and the final consonant ㅈ (j) stacked into a single character block. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is employed in digital text and typography to accurately represent Korean words, though it is not among the most frequently used syllables in modern Korean writing. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent encoding and display across different platforms and software.

General Properties

Code Point U+C24A
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Sweoj
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
"ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쉊
HTML Hex Encoding 쉊
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x89 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC24A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C24A
C/C++/Java Escape \uc24a

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