U+C0D8 "샘" Hangul Syllable Saem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
샘
U+C0D8 "샘" Hangul Syllable Saem is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "saem" and is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the vowel ㅐ (ae), and the final consonant ㅁ (m). In the Korean language, this syllable functions as a standalone morpheme with multiple common meanings, including the word for "spring" as in a water source, and it is also used as a given name for people. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, U+C0D8 was added to support the efficient digital representation of Korean text, allowing this specific syllable to be encoded as a single character rather than a sequence of individual jamo components.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C0D8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Saem |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "새" U+C0C8 Hangul Syllable Sae "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 샘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 샘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x83 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC0D8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C0D8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc0d8 |