U+C258 "쉘" Hangul Syllable Swel Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쉘
U+C258 "쉘" Hangul Syllable Swel is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, representing the sound "swel" as a combination of the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅞ (we), and the final consonant ㄹ (l). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic blocks formed from the Korean alphabet according to the standard ordering system. In practical usage, "쉘" can appear in words like "쉘터" (shelter) or as a transliteration for foreign terms, such as in "쉘 스크립트" (shell script) in computing contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent text representation across digital platforms and operating systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C258 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Swel |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쉘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쉘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x89 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC258 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C258 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc258 |