U+C2B5 "습" Hangul Syllable Seub Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
습
U+C2B5 "습" Hangul Syllable Seub is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "seup." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅅ (s), the medial vowel ㅡ (eu), and the final consonant ㅂ (b), which together create a closed syllable with a final "p" sound. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which organizes complete syllable blocks to support efficient text processing for the Korean language. In usage, "습" commonly appears in Korean vocabulary, such as in the formal polite verb ending "습니다" (seumnida), and it functions as a fundamental building block for writing and reading modern Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C2B5 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Seub |
| 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 "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 습 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 습 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8A 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC2B5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C2B5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc2b5 |