U+C3B8 "쎸" Hangul Syllable Ssyeok Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쎸
U+C3B8 "쎸" Hangul Syllable Ssyeok is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "ssyeok" formed from the consonants and vowels of the Korean alphabet. It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants used in standard Korean. Specifically, this character combines the initial consonant "쌍시옷" (ssang siot) representing a tense "ss" sound, the medial vowel "ㅕ" (yeo), and the final consonant "ㅁ" (mieum), creating a syllable that is used in Korean text for writing words or as part of compound expressions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C3B8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssyeok |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쎸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쎸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8E 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC3B8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C3B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc3b8 |