U+C480 "쒀" Hangul Syllable Ssweo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LV Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LV 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=LV
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter