U+C324 "쌤" Hangul Syllable Ssaem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쌤
U+C324 "쌤" Hangul Syllable Ssaem is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "ssaem," which is formed from the initial consonant "Ssan" (a tense "ss") and the vowel "ae." In modern Korean, this character has gained widespread informal usage as a shortened, respectful slang term for "teacher" (from "seonsaengnim"), often used in text messaging, online communication, and casual conversation to address or refer to educators. While it can theoretically denote the native Korean word for "spit" or "saliva," that meaning is less common in everyday contexts, making the teacher-related slang the primary contemporary association.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C324 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssaem |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쌔" U+C314 Hangul Syllable Ssae "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쌤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쌤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8C 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC324 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C324 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc324 |