U+C3B8 "쎸" Hangul Syllable Ssyeok Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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