U+C3ED "쏭" Hangul Syllable Ssong Unicode Character
U+C3ED "쏭" Hangul Syllable Ssong is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "ssong" as a combination of the initial consonant ㅆ (ssang shiot) and the vowel ㅗ (o) with the final consonant ㅇ (ieung). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes the complete set of 11,172 possible syllable blocks formed by combining Korean consonants and vowels in a systematic grid. In context, "쏭" is used in Korean words and names, such as in the word "쏭나무" (song namu), meaning "pine tree," or borrowed terms like "송" from Chinese characters, though it remains a relatively rare syllable in everyday vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation and interchange of Korean text across systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C3ED |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssong |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쏭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쏭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8F 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC3ED |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C3ED |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc3ed |