U+C2EA "싪" Hangul Syllable Silp Unicode Character
U+C2EA "싪" Hangul Syllable Silp is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "silp," formed from the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅣ (i), and the final consonant ㄹㅂ (lb), which is a complex coda. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean jamo into single encoded syllables for efficient text processing and display. While not a frequently used syllable in modern Korean, it exists as a valid orthographic unit within the systematic structure of the Korean writing system, primarily appearing in specialized vocabulary or historical texts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that any Hangul syllable, regardless of frequency, can be consistently represented across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C2EA |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Silp |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "시" U+C2DC Hangul Syllable Si "ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 싪 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 싪 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8B 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC2EA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C2EA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc2ea |