U+C42B "쐫" Hangul Syllable Sswaeh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C42B "쐫" Hangul Syllable Sswaeh is a specific precomposed syllable used in the Korean writing system, representing the sound "sswaeh." It is formed from the initial consonant "ss" (ㅆ), the medial vowel "wae" (ㅙ), and the final consonant "h" (ㅎ), though the final "h" is not itself a distinct standalone letter but part of the syllable's phonetic structure. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible Korean syllable combinations (11,172 in total) based on the modern Korean alphabet. While not commonly used in everyday modern Korean vocabulary, it exists to ensure comprehensive coverage of the language's phonetic inventory in digital text representation and encoding standards.

General Properties

Code Point U+C42B
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Sswaeh
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
"ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쐫
HTML Hex Encoding 쐫
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x90 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC42B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C42B
C/C++/Java Escape \uc42b

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