U+C355 "썕" Hangul Syllable Ssyaelg Unicode Character
U+C355 "썕" Hangul Syllable Ssyaelg is a precomposed Hangul syllable found in the Korean writing system, representing a phonetic compound of the consonants “ㅆ” (double ss) and “ㅒ” (ya e), followed by the final consonant “ㄺ” (lg). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of initial, medial, and final jamo letters into single code points for efficient text processing. Specifically, “썕” is used in modern Korean orthography to denote the sound value “ssyaelg,” though its actual occurrence in everyday vocabulary is extremely rare, often appearing only in specialized or historical contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and identification across platforms and languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C355 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssyaelg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "썌" U+C34C Hangul Syllable Ssyae "ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 썕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 썕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8D 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC355 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C355 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc355 |