U+C256 "쉖" Hangul Syllable Swenh Unicode Character
U+C256 "쉖" Hangul Syllable Swenh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, combining the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅞ (we), and the final consonant ㄶ (nh) to form a single block representing the sound "swenh." As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, it was encoded to support the efficient digital representation of Korean text, allowing this specific syllable to be displayed and processed in electronic documents and software. While not among the most common syllables in everyday Korean vocabulary, it theoretically appears in words or transcriptions that require that particular phonological combination, contributing to the comprehensive coverage of all possible Hangul syllables defined in the modern orthography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C256 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Swenh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쉐" U+C250 Hangul Syllable Swe "ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쉖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쉖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x89 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC256 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C256 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc256 |