U+C460 "쑠" Hangul Syllable Ssyok Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C460 "쑠" Hangul Syllable Ssyok is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ssyok" as a single typographic unit. This specific syllable is formed by combining the initial consonant 쌍시옷 (ssang shiot, a double "s" sound) with the vowel 요 (yo) and the final consonant 기역 (giyeok, "k"/"g"), and it belongs to the large block of Unicode Hangul syllables that were encoded to allow for efficient text storage and rendering in digital environments. While not a common word in everyday Korean vocabulary, it may appear in poetic, dialectal, or technical contexts where precise phonetic representation is required.

General Properties

Code Point U+C460
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ssyok
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
"ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쑠
HTML Hex Encoding 쑠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x91 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC460
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C460
C/C++/Java Escape \uc460

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