U+C271 "쉱" Hangul Syllable Swinj Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C271 "쉱" Hangul Syllable Swinj is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant “ㅅ” (s), the medial vowel “ㅟ” (wi), and the final consonant “ㄵ” (nj). This syllable is formed algorithmically as part of the Hangul Syllables block within Unicode, which encompasses 11,172 logical syllable blocks based on Korean orthography. While the syllable “쉱” is not commonly used in standard contemporary Korean vocabulary, it exists as a valid, typographically distinct character, enabling proper digital representation of all possible Hangul syllable combinations, including rare or marginal forms.

General Properties

Code Point U+C271
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Swinj
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쉬" U+C26C Hangul Syllable Swi
"ᆬ" U+11AC Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Cieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쉱
HTML Hex Encoding 쉱
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x89 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC271
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C271
C/C++/Java Escape \uc271

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