U+C279 "쉹" Hangul Syllable Swilt Unicode Character
U+C279 "쉹" Hangul Syllable Swilt is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, representing a specific phonetic combination used in the Korean writing system to capture a sound that does not correspond to a common word in standard Korean. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅅ" (s), the medial vowel "ㅟ" (wi), and the final consonant "ㄹ" (l), resulting in the syllabic structure that can be transliterated as "swilt" in Romanization. While this syllable is not frequently encountered in everyday Korean vocabulary, it serves as part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which systematically encodes all possible syllabic forms to ensure comprehensive digital representation of the language. Its inclusion allows for precise textual rendering in specialized contexts, such as linguistic analysis or transcription of foreign loanwords and regional dialects.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C279 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Swilt |
| 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 "ᆴ" U+11B4 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쉹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쉹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x89 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC279 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C279 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc279 |