U+C280 "슀" Hangul Syllable Swiss Unicode Character
U+C280 "슀" Hangul Syllable Swiss is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the sound "swiss" in Korean, though it is not a commonly used syllable in modern Korean vocabulary. It is formed from the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅟ (wi), and the final consonant ㅆ (ss), combining to create this specific character within the Unicode Hangul Syllables block. As a single codepoint, it encodes a fully composed syllable rather than requiring a sequence of individual jamo characters, which facilitates consistent text rendering and processing in digital environments. However, in practice, this character has no standard lexical meaning in Korean and is primarily encountered in specialized linguistic contexts or as a result of Unicode coverage for all possible Hangul syllable combinations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C280 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Swiss |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 슀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 슀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8A 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC280 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C280 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc280 |