U+C3CC "쏌" Hangul Syllable Ssyem Unicode Character
U+C3CC "쏌" Hangul Syllable Ssyem is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ssyem" which combines an initial double consonant "ㅆ" (ss) with the vowel "ㅕ" (yeo) and the final consonant "ㅁ" (m). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it was encoded to support the efficient digital representation of Korean text, allowing this syllable to be displayed as a single character rather than a sequence of individual jamo letters. Its usage occurs primarily in Korean language contexts, though it is relatively rare compared to more common syllables, and it follows standard South Korean phonetic and orthographic rules where the double consonant at the beginning emphasizes a tense pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C3CC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssyem |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쎼" U+C3BC Hangul Syllable Ssye "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쏌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쏌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8F 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC3CC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C3CC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc3cc |