U+C24F "쉏" Hangul Syllable Sweoh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C24F "쉏" Hangul Syllable Sweoh is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the Korean language, and is formed from the initial consonant ᄉ (s), the medial vowel ᅰ (we), and the final consonant ᄒ (h). This syllable is part of the modern Korean writing system, where individual jamo letters are combined into syllabic blocks within the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode. Its pronunciation corresponds roughly to the English sound "sweh" or "sweoh," with the final "h" being a soft breathy release. As a precomposed character, it allows for proper text rendering and processing in digital environments, ensuring that this specific combination of Korean sounds is represented as a single coded unit.

General Properties

Code Point U+C24F
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Sweoh
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
"ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쉏
HTML Hex Encoding 쉏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x89 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC24F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C24F
C/C++/Java Escape \uc24f

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