U+C421 "쐡" Hangul Syllable Sswaeb Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C421 "쐡" Hangul Syllable Sswaeb is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ss" (쌍시옷), the medial vowel "wae" (ㅙ), and the final consonant "b" (비읍). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllable blocks formed from the Korean alphabet according to the Unicode Standard. While this specific syllable is rare in everyday Korean vocabulary, its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and interoperation of Korean text across platforms and applications, supporting the full range of theoretically valid Hangul syllables.

General Properties

Code Point U+C421
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Sswaeb
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쐐" U+C410 Hangul Syllable Sswae
"ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쐡
HTML Hex Encoding 쐡
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x90 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC421
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C421
C/C++/Java Escape \uc421

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter