U+C424 "쐤" Hangul Syllable Sswaess Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C424 "쐤" Hangul Syllable Sswaess is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "sswaess". It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ss" (ㅆ), the medial vowel "wa" (ㅘ), and the final consonant "ss" (ㅆ), which together create a syllable that is grammatically possible in Korean but extremely rare in actual usage, largely because the final consonant cluster "ss" is uncommon in modern speech and writing. As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block (AC00 D7AF), this character is encoded to ensure correct digital representation and text processing for the Korean language, though it appears primarily in specialized or historical contexts rather than everyday communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+C424
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Sswaess
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
"ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쐤
HTML Hex Encoding 쐤
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x90 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC424
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C424
C/C++/Java Escape \uc424

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