U+C387 "쎇" Hangul Syllable Ssegs Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C387 "쎇" Hangul Syllable Ssegs is a single precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, used for writing the Korean language. It represents the sound "ssegs," formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅆ" (ssang shiot), the medial vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant "ㄳ" (giyeok siot). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which was designed to encode all possible combinations of Korean syllabic blocks as distinct code points for efficient text processing. In typical Korean text, "쎇" is considered a valid but rare syllable, and it does not carry any special cultural or historical meaning beyond its phonetic function in the language.

General Properties

Code Point U+C387
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ssegs
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쎄" U+C384 Hangul Syllable Sse
"ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쎇
HTML Hex Encoding 쎇
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x8E 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC387
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C387
C/C++/Java Escape \uc387

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