U+C27F "쉿" Hangul Syllable Swis Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쉿
U+C27F "쉿" Hangul Syllable Swis is a precomposed Korean syllable representing the phonetic sequence "swis" in the modern Korean alphabet, Hangul. It is formed from the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅟ (wi), and the final consonant ㅅ (t), which together combine into the single block character displayed as 쉿. This syllable is used in Korean writing to represent the sound for words or onomatopoeia, such as the common interjection meaning "shh" or "hush," often employed to request silence in a familiar or informal context. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it ensures consistent digital representation across platforms for Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C27F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Swis |
| 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 "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쉿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쉿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x89 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC27F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C27F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc27f |