U+C2AF "슯" Hangul Syllable Seulb Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C2AF "슯" Hangul Syllable Seulb is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant ᄉ (s), the medial vowel ᅳ (eu), and the final consonant ᆸ (b). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is used to encode a specific, though rare, syllable that may appear in transcription, regional vocabulary, or technical linguistic contexts rather than in common everyday Korean words. This character is most frequently encountered in digital text processing, where it helps ensure correct rendering and searching of the Korean script.

General Properties

Code Point U+C2AF
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Seulb
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "스" U+C2A4 Hangul Syllable Seu
"ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 슯
HTML Hex Encoding 슯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x8A 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC2AF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C2AF
C/C++/Java Escape \uc2af

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