U+C3A6 "쎦" Hangul Syllable Ssyeonh Unicode Character
U+C3A6 "쎦" Hangul Syllable Ssyeonh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system, representing a specific phonetic combination in the Hangul script. This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅆ" (a doubled "s" sound, romanized as "ss") with the medial vowel "ㅕ" (the "yeo" sound) and the final consonant "ㄶ" (which is "nh"), resulting in the syllable "ssyeonh." It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllables in the Korean alphabet based on the leading, vowel, and trailing consonant structure. This syllable itself is relatively rare in everyday Korean vocabulary and may appear primarily in specialized or technical terms, but its inclusion in the standard reflects the comprehensive nature of Unicode's coverage of the Korean written language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C3A6 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssyeonh |
| 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 "ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쎦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쎦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8E 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC3A6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C3A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc3a6 |