U+C44A "쑊" Hangul Syllable Ssyogg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C44A "쑊" Hangul Syllable Ssyogg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, formed from the initial consonant ㅆ (ss), the medial vowel ㅛ (yo), and the final consonant ㄲ (kk, a double kiyeok). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it represents a phonetic combination that exists within the standard syllable inventory of the Korean language, though it is an extremely rare character used primarily in specialized or archaic contexts rather than in common modern Korean vocabulary. This character illustrates the systematic way Unicode encodes all possible valid Hangul syllables in a single, unified block to support digital text processing and display for Korean.

General Properties

Code Point U+C44A
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ssyogg
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쑈" U+C448 Hangul Syllable Ssyo
"ᆩ" U+11A9 Hangul Jongseong Ssangkiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쑊
HTML Hex Encoding 쑊
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x91 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC44A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C44A
C/C++/Java Escape \uc44a

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