U+C44E "쑎" Hangul Syllable Ssyonh Unicode Character
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 |