U+C259 "쉙" Hangul Syllable Swelg Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쉙
U+C259 "쉙" Hangul Syllable Swelg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "swelg" formed from the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅞ (we), and the final consonant ㄺ (lg). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean letters as single characters for efficient text processing and display. The syllable itself is a valid, though relatively uncommon, character in the Korean language, used in words or contexts that require its precise phonetic value. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures coherent representation across digital platforms, supporting the accurate rendering of Korean text in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C259 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Swelg |
| 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 "ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쉙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쉙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x89 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC259 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C259 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc259 |