U+C3D3 "쏓" Hangul Syllable Ssyec Unicode Character
U+C3D3 "쏓" Hangul Syllable Ssyec is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅆ" (a double ssang siot, pronounced as a tense 'ss'), the medial vowel "ㅖ" (ye, a diphthong starting with a short 'y' sound), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok, a 'k' sound unreleased at the end of a syllable). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of Korean jamo letters for efficient digital representation. In modern Korean, this syllable is exceptionally rare and does not appear in standard vocabulary, though it could theoretically be used for phonetic transcription, dialectal speech, or in creative or historical contexts requiring a precise articulation of the "ssyec" sound.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C3D3 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssyec |
| 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 "ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쏓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쏓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8F 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC3D3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C3D3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc3d3 |