U+C426 "쐦" Hangul Syllable Sswaej Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쐦
U+C426 "쐦" Hangul Syllable Sswaej is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant “ㅆ” (ss), the medial vowel “ㅙ” (wae), and the final consonant “ㅈ” (j). It falls within the Hangul Syllables block of the Unicode standard, which encodes syllabic blocks in a systematic order based on their initial, medial, and final components. This specific syllable is rarely used in contemporary Korean vocabulary but may appear in historical texts, dialectal transcriptions, or linguistic examples. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and interchange of Korean text across platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C426 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sswaej |
| 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 "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쐦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쐦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x90 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC426 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C426 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc426 |