U+C4A6 "쒦" Hangul Syllable Sswelm Unicode Character
U+C4A6 "쒦" Hangul Syllable Sswelm is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ss" (a tense, fortis sound similar to a double s), the medial vowel "we" (a diphthong formed from w and e), and the final consonant "lm" (a double consonant ending with l and m). It is encoded in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which organizes Korean syllabic characters in a systematic order based on the initial, medial, and final components, and its use reflects the detailed phonetic structure of Korean where tense consonants and complex final sounds are common. This particular syllable is rare in everyday Korean vocabulary, as it combines a less frequent medial vowel with a final cluster, but it is fully defined within the Unicode standard to ensure comprehensive representation of the Korean writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C4A6 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sswelm |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쒜" U+C49C Hangul Syllable Sswe "ᆱ" U+11B1 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쒦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쒦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x92 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC4A6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C4A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc4a6 |