U+C393 "쎓" Hangul Syllable Sselh Unicode Character
U+C393 "쎓" Hangul Syllable Sselh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "sselh" as a single typographic unit. It consists of the initial consonant "ㅆ" (ssang shiot, a double s sound) followed by the vowel "ㅓ" (eo, an open mid-back vowel) and the final consonant "ㅀ" (rieul hieut, a double consonant cluster that produces an l sound with a slight aspirated h). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants that form valid Korean syllables. In practical use, "쎓" is an extremely rare or even non-existent syllable in standard Korean vocabulary, as the sound combination of a double s, eo, and the rieul hieut final cluster does not occur in native Korean words, making it a typographical or theoretical construct rather than a commonly encountered linguistic element.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C393 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sselh |
| 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 "ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쎓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쎓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8E 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC393 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C393 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc393 |