U+C3A2 "쎢" Hangul Syllable Ssyeogg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C3A2 "쎢" Hangul Syllable Ssyeogg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system Hangul, representing a single block that combines the initial consonant “ㅆ” (ss) with the medial vowel “ㅕ” (yeo) and the final consonant “ㄲ” (gg). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which was designed to encode all possible syllables formed from the Korean alphabet, thereby simplifying text processing and display in digital environments. This specific syllable, though rare in everyday Korean vocabulary, demonstrates the systematic and phonetic nature of Hangul, where each character corresponds to a distinct sound and can be predictably decomposed into its constituent jamo components.

General Properties

Code Point U+C3A2
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ssyeogg
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쎠" U+C3A0 Hangul Syllable Ssyeo
"ᆩ" U+11A9 Hangul Jongseong Ssangkiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쎢
HTML Hex Encoding 쎢
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x8E 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC3A2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C3A2
C/C++/Java Escape \uc3a2

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