U+C346 "썆" Hangul Syllable Ssyaj Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C346 "썆" Hangul Syllable Ssyaj is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic sound "ssyaj" where the initial consonant is a tensed "ss" followed by the vowel "ya" and the final consonant "j". This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations formed by initial consonants, vowels, and optional final consonants from the Hangul alphabet. In practical use, "썆" is a rare or nonstandard syllable in contemporary Korean, as it does not commonly appear in everyday vocabulary, but its inclusion in Unicode ensures comprehensive coverage of Korean script for digital text processing and historical linguistic studies.

General Properties

Code Point U+C346
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ssyaj
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
"ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 썆
HTML Hex Encoding 썆
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x8D 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC346
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C346
C/C++/Java Escape \uc346

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