U+C3AF "쎯" Hangul Syllable Ssyeolh Unicode Character
U+C3AF "쎯" Hangul Syllable Ssyeolh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system, Hangul, representing the phonetic value of the Korean sound "ssyeolh." It is composed of three jamo components: the initial consonant "쌍시옷" (ssang shiot, a double "s" sound), the vowel "여" (yeo, a "yeo" vowel), and the final consonant "리을" (rieul, an "l" sound), which together create the syllabic block that appears as "쎯" in written text. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block, a specific range in Unicode dedicated to organizing and encoding the thousands of possible syllable combinations in Hangul, ensuring consistent representation across digital platforms and fonts. As a result, "쎯" enables accurate text processing and display for Korean language documents, particularly for representing native or loanword pronunciations that include the tensed "ss" sound combined with the "yeolh" ending.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C3AF |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssyeolh |
| 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 "ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쎯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쎯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8E 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC3AF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C3AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc3af |