U+C488 "쒈" Hangul Syllable Ssweol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쒈
U+C488 "쒈" Hangul Syllable Ssweol is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "ssweol," which is formed by combining the initial consonant ss (ㅆ), the medial vowel weo (ㅝ), and the final consonant l (ㄹ). It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes syllables in a systematic order based on the Korean alphabet's consonant-vowel-consonant structure. This particular syllable is used in Korean to write words or morphemes that require that specific phonetic combination, though it is not among the most frequently occurring syllables in everyday vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately represent diverse phonetic nuances across Hangul-based writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C488 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssweol |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쒀" U+C480 Hangul Syllable Ssweo "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쒈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쒈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x92 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC488 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C488 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc488 |