U+C390 "쎐" Hangul Syllable Ssels Unicode Character
U+C390 "쎐" Hangul Syllable Ssels is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ssels" as part of the standardized Korean alphabet block within Unicode. This character is formed from the initial consonant “ㅆ” (ss) and the medial vowel “ㅔ” (e) combined with the final consonant “ㄹㅅ” (ls), where the final cluster is a complex coda representing two distinct consonant sounds. It is used in Korean text for writing specific words or morphemes that require this particular syllable, and it is encoded as a single character to facilitate consistent digital representation and rendering across different platforms and fonts. As part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encompasses all possible combinations of Korean initial, medial, and final letters, U+C390 enables precise and efficient handling of the Korean language in computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C390 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssels |
| 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 "ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쎐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쎐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8E 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC390 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C390 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc390 |