U+C38F "쎏" Hangul Syllable Sselb Unicode Character
U+C38F "쎏" Hangul Syllable Sselb is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "sselb" as a single encoded unit. It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which assigns a unique code point to each of the 11,172 possible combinations of initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants in modern Korean. This specific syllable is formed by the initial consonant "ㅆ" (ss), the vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant "ㅂ" (b), combining to create a sound that resembles "sselb" in English approximation. The character is used in written Korean to represent words or morphemes where this syllable occurs, contributing to the precise encoding of the language in digital text and computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C38F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sselb |
| 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 "ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쎏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쎏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8E 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC38F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C38F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc38f |