U+C278 "쉸" Hangul Syllable Swils Unicode Character
U+C278 "쉸" Hangul Syllable Swils is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅅ" (s), the medial vowel "ㅟ" (wi), and the final consonant "ㄹ" (l) to produce the sound "swil." This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes over 11,000 precomposed syllable blocks to represent all possible valid combinations of Korean consonants and vowels. While "쉸" is a valid and properly encoded Hangul syllable, it is not commonly used in contemporary Korean vocabulary, as its phonetic structure is relatively rare in everyday words. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent digital representation and text processing for Korean language content, even for less frequent syllables.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C278 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Swils |
| 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 "ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쉸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쉸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x89 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC278 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C278 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc278 |