U+C432 "쐲" Hangul Syllable Ssoenh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C432 "쐲" Hangul Syllable Ssoenh is a precomposed syllable in the Korean writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ssoenh" which is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅆ (ss, a tense double s sound) with the vowel ㅚ (oe) and the final consonant ㄴ (n). This particular syllable is one of many in the Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00 to U+D7A3), a standardized set of 11,172 precomposed syllables used for modern Korean text. The character "쐲" is encoded as a single code point to simplify text processing, allowing it to be rendered directly in digital contexts rather than requiring composition from individual jamo (alphabet letters). Its usage occurs within the broader framework of Unicode's support for Korean language typesetting, though it is relatively rare compared to more common syllables such as "가" or "한".

General Properties

Code Point U+C432
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ssoenh
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쐬" U+C42C Hangul Syllable Ssoe
"ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쐲
HTML Hex Encoding 쐲
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x90 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC432
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C432
C/C++/Java Escape \uc432

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