U+C3E8 "쏨" Hangul Syllable Ssom Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쏨
U+C3E8 "쏨" Hangul Syllable Ssom is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅆ" (ssang shiot), the medial vowel "ㅗ" (o), and the final consonant "ㅁ" (mieum). This syllable represents a specific phonetic unit within the Korean language, where it is used as a block component in the alphabetic script. While not among the most common syllables in everyday Korean, "쏨" can appear in certain words or contexts, such as in the verb "쏨니다" (a polite formal form of "쏘다," meaning to shoot or sting), functioning as a single typographic unit to facilitate efficient reading and writing in digital and printed text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C3E8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssom |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쏘" U+C3D8 Hangul Syllable Sso "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쏨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쏨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8F 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC3E8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C3E8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc3e8 |