U+C448 "쑈" Hangul Syllable Ssyo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C448 "쑈" Hangul Syllable Ssyo is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, which is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It visually represents the phonetic combination of the initial consonant “ㅆ” (a double “s” sound, known as ssang shiot) and the vowel “ㅛ” (the diphthong “yo”), resulting in the single syllable sound “ssyo.” This character is part of the Korean Standard Syllables block in Unicode, which was encoded to facilitate digital text processing by providing a complete set of all logically possible Hangul syllable combinations. In modern usage, the syllable “쑈” appears in vocabulary such as the verb “쑈하다” (to show off or to put on a display), where it often conveys a sense of spectacle or performance.

General Properties

Code Point U+C448
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ssyo
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "ᄊ" U+110A Hangul Choseong Ssangsios
"ᅭ" U+116D Hangul Jungseong Yo

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쑈
HTML Hex Encoding 쑈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x91 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC448
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C448
C/C++/Java Escape \uc448

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LV Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LV 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=LV
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter