U+C498 "쒘" Hangul Syllable Ssweok Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쒘
U+C498 "쒘" Hangul Syllable Ssweok is a precomposed syllable from the Hangul script, used in the modern Korean writing system. It represents the phonetic unit "ssweok" and is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅆ (ss) with the vowel ㅝ (weo) and the final consonant ㅋ (k). This character fits within the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet to facilitate digital text processing. In Korean, such syllables are essential for accurate representation of spoken language, and while "쒘" may not be a common word in everyday vocabulary, it demonstrates the systematic nature of Hangul orthography and its comprehensive encoding in Unicode for global communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C498 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssweok |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쒘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쒘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x92 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC498 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C498 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc498 |