U+C44E "쑎" Hangul Syllable Ssyonh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C44E "쑎" Hangul Syllable Ssyonh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ss" (a tense, unaspirated sound similar to the English "s" but with a tighter throat), the vowel "yo" (like the "yo" in "yonder"), and the final consonant "nh" (a nasal velar sound). This syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants to facilitate efficient digital representation of Korean text. While not one of the most common syllables in everyday Korean usage, it occurs in certain compound words or loanword transliterations, illustrating the systematic and comprehensive nature of the Hangul script, which can form over 11,000 distinct syllables.

General Properties

Code Point U+C44E
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ssyonh
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
"ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쑎
HTML Hex Encoding 쑎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x91 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC44E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C44E
C/C++/Java Escape \uc44e

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