U+C4AF "쒯" Hangul Syllable Sswes Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C4AF "쒯" Hangul Syllable Sswes is a precomposed Hangul syllable used in the Korean writing system, representing the phonetic sound "sswes." It is formed from the Korean alphabet's initial consonant ㅆ (ssang shiot), the medial vowel ㅞ (we), and the final consonant ㅅ (shiot), following the standard syllabic block structure of Hangul. As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllable combinations for modern Korean, this character is assigned for digital text representation and processing in various software and systems. Its inclusion ensures accurate rendering and input of Korean text, supporting the language's unique orthography where syllables are written as compact blocks rather than individual letters.

General Properties

Code Point U+C4AF
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Sswes
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
"ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쒯
HTML Hex Encoding 쒯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x92 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC4AF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C4AF
C/C++/Java Escape \uc4af

Unicode Properties

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