U+C3FC "쏼" Hangul Syllable Sswal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쏼
U+C3FC "쏼" Hangul Syllable Sswal is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic value /s͈waɭ/. It is formed by combining the initial consonant Ssangshi-o (ㅆ), the medial vowel Wa (ㅘ), and the final consonant Rieul (ㄹ) into a single block. This character is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean initial, medial, and final letters to facilitate digital text processing. In practical use, "쏼" is relatively rare in contemporary Korean vocabulary but can appear in transliterations, poetic language, or as part of a name or specialized term. Its existence ensures that the Korean writing system is fully represented in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C3FC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sswal |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쏴" U+C3F4 Hangul Syllable Sswa "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쏼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쏼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x8F 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC3FC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C3FC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc3fc |