U+C398 "쎘" Hangul Syllable Ssess Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쎘
U+C398 "쎘" Hangul Syllable Ssess is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ss" (ㅆ), the medial vowel "e" (ㅔ), and the final consonant "ss" (ㅆ). This specific syllable does not represent a common standalone word in contemporary Korean, as many such precomposed syllables are more frequently encountered in historical texts, as placeholders for rare phonetic combinations, or as part of complex compound words. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital text can accurately represent all possible phonetic combinations of the Hangul alphabet, preserving the integrity of the Korean written language across diverse contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C398 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssess |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쎘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쎘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8E 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC398 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C398 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc398 |