U+C340 "썀" Hangul Syllable Ssyam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
썀
U+C340 "썀" Hangul Syllable Ssyam is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ssyam." It is formed from the initial consonant ㅆ (ssang shiot, a doubled s sound), the medial vowel ㅑ (ya), and the final consonant ㅁ (mieum, the m sound), combining to create a syllable that is used in the Korean language. Part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is typically utilized in modern Korean text, often in words or names where the tense consonant and given vowel combination occur, such as in descriptive or onomatopoeic contexts, though it is not among the most common syllables used in everyday vocabulary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C340 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssyam |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쌰" U+C330 Hangul Syllable Ssya "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 썀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 썀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8D 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC340 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C340 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc340 |