U+C4AF "쒯" Hangul Syllable Sswes Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쒯
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 |