U+C465 "쑥" Hangul Syllable Ssug Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쑥
U+C465 "쑥" Hangul Syllable Ssug is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ssug." It is formed from the initial consonant 쌍시옷 (ssang shiot, ㄲ representing a tense "ss" sound) and the medial vowel 우 (u), combined with the final consonant 기역 (giyeok, ㄱ for a "g" or "k" sound). This character is used in modern Korean vocabulary, most notably in the word 쑥 (ssuk), which refers to mugwort, a herb commonly used in traditional Korean cuisine and herbal medicine. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it provides a single coded representation for this common linguistic unit, enabling efficient digital text processing and display.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C465 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssug |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쑤" U+C464 Hangul Syllable Ssu "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쑥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쑥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x91 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC465 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C465 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc465 |