U+C340 "썀" Hangul Syllable Ssyam Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter