U+C265 "쉥" Hangul Syllable Sweng Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C265 "쉥" Hangul Syllable Sweng is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic sound "sweng" or "shweng." It is formed by combining the initial consonant “ㅅ” (s or sh depending on context) with the medial vowel “ㅞ” (we) and the final consonant “ㅇ” (ng), which together create a single syllabic block. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean letters as individual code points. In standard Korean usage, “쉥” is relatively rare, appearing primarily in transliterations of foreign words or in specific onomatopoeic terms rather than in common vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that Korean text can be accurately represented and processed across digital platforms without requiring complex composition from individual jamo characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+C265
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Sweng
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
"ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쉥
HTML Hex Encoding 쉥
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x89 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC265
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C265
C/C++/Java Escape \uc265

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