U+C2CF "싏" Hangul Syllable Syilh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C2CF "싏" Hangul Syllable Syilh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, specifically representing the phonetic sound "syilh," which includes the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅢ (ui), and the final consonant ㅀ (lh). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes syllables formed by combining initial consonants, vowels, and optional final consonants according to Korean orthographic rules. While 싏 is a valid and well-defined character in the standard, it is relatively rare in contemporary Korean texts, appearing mostly in specialized or historical contexts rather than everyday vocabulary.

General Properties

Code Point U+C2CF
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Syilh
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "싀" U+C2C0 Hangul Syllable Syi
"ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 싏
HTML Hex Encoding 싏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x8B 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC2CF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C2CF
C/C++/Java Escape \uc2cf

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