U+C444 "쑄" Hangul Syllable Ssoek Unicode Character
U+C444 "쑄" Hangul Syllable Ssoek is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ssoek." This character is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅆ (ssang shiot, a double consonant denoting a tense "ss" sound) with the vowel ㅚ (oe, a single vowel pronounced like the "we" in "wet") and the final consonant ᆨ (giyeok, the "k" sound). As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllables of the Korean alphabet in a single code point for efficient text processing, U+C444 is rarely used in everyday Korean vocabulary but remains a valid and standard component of the script. It enables digital text rendering and communication in Korean, ensuring that even uncommon syllables can be accurately represented and displayed across modern software and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C444 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssoek |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쑄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쑄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x91 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC444 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C444 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc444 |