U+C2B8 "슸" Hangul Syllable Seuss Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C2B8 "슸" Hangul Syllable Seuss is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, representing the Korean sound "seuss." It combines the initial consonant ㅅ (s) with the vowel ㅡ (eu) and the final consonant ㅆ (ss), resulting in a double s ending that is characteristic of tense consonant pronunciation in Korean. This specific syllable is one of many Hangul syllables encoded in the Unicode standard to facilitate digital text processing and display, particularly for the Korean language. While it may not be a commonly used syllable in everyday Korean vocabulary, its inclusion ensures comprehensive coverage of all possible syllable blocks formed under the principles of Hangul orthography.

General Properties

Code Point U+C2B8
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Seuss
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
"ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 슸
HTML Hex Encoding 슸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x8A 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC2B8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C2B8
C/C++/Java Escape \uc2b8

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