U+C491 "쒑" Hangul Syllable Ssweob Unicode Character
U+C491 "쒑" Hangul Syllable Ssweob is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ssweob." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅆ (ssang shiot, a double "s"), the medial vowel ㅞ (we, a labialized "e" sound), and the final consonant ㅂ (bieup, an unaspirated "b" or "p" sound). This specific syllable does not commonly appear in everyday modern Korean vocabulary, but it exists as part of the full set of Hangul syllabic blocks encoded in the Unicode standard to ensure comprehensive coverage of all possible combinations of Korean letters. Its inclusion aids in accurate text rendering, historical linguistic study, and proper representation of regional dialects or archaic spellings in digital formats.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C491 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssweob |
| 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 "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쒑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쒑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x92 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC491 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C491 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc491 |