U+C287 "슇" Hangul Syllable Swih Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C287 "슇" Hangul Syllable Swih is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul block, representing the Korean sound "swih" as a combination of the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅟ (wi), and the final consonant ㅎ (h). This character is part of the Korean writing system's syllabic inventory, where individual jamo letters are encoded as complete syllables for efficient text processing and display. While 슇 is a valid orthographic form in Hangul, it is not commonly used in contemporary Korean vocabulary, appearing instead in historical texts or as a theoretical syllable. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation of all possible Korean syllable combinations across digital platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+C287
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Swih
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
"ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 슇
HTML Hex Encoding 슇
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x8A 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC287
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C287
C/C++/Java Escape \uc287

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