U+C398 "쎘" Hangul Syllable Ssess Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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