U+C480 "쒀" Hangul Syllable Ssweo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쒀
U+C480 "쒀" Hangul Syllable Ssweo is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the combination of the initial consonant "ㅆ" (a double ssang s, producing a tense "ss" sound), the medial vowel "ㅝ" (weo, a combination of the rounded "u" and the "eo" vowel), and a final consonant that is not present in this character. This syllable does not include a final consonant, making it an open syllable that is pronounced as a single, tightly articulated "ssweo" sound in modern Korean. It is part of the larger block of Hangul syllables encoded in Unicode to facilitate digital representation of the Korean writing system, allowing for efficient text processing and rendering across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C480 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssweo |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄊ" U+110A Hangul Choseong Ssangsios "ᅯ" U+116F Hangul Jungseong Weo |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쒀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쒀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x92 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC480 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C480 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc480 |