U+C3A0 "쎠" Hangul Syllable Ssyeo Unicode Character
U+C3A0 "쎠" Hangul Syllable Ssyeo is a precomposed Hangul syllable from the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "ssyeo" as a combination of the initial consonant "ss" (from the double S character) and the medial vowel "yeo" (ㅕ). It is encoded in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which systematically organizes all 11,172 possible two and three letter syllable blocks formed from the Korean alphabet. This particular syllable is used in South Korean and North Korean orthography, though it is relatively rare in everyday vocabulary compared to more common syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately represent the full range of Korean syllables, supporting proper rendering and processing in computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C3A0 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssyeo |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄊ" U+110A Hangul Choseong Ssangsios "ᅧ" U+1167 Hangul Jungseong Yeo |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쎠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쎠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8E 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC3A0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C3A0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc3a0 |