U+C4B8 "쒸" Hangul Syllable Sswi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C4B8 "쒸" Hangul Syllable Sswi is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, combining the initial consonant "ㅆ" (a double s sound) with the medial vowel "ㅟ" (pronounced like the English "wee") to form a single syllable block. It represents a tense s sound followed by a front rounded vowel and is used in Korean words such as "쒸다" meaning to whisper or rustle, though it is relatively rare in everyday vocabulary. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations based on the Korean writing system's phonetic principles.

General Properties

Code Point U+C4B8
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Sswi
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "ᄊ" U+110A Hangul Choseong Ssangsios
"ᅱ" U+1171 Hangul Jungseong Wi

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쒸
HTML Hex Encoding 쒸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x92 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC4B8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C4B8
C/C++/Java Escape \uc4b8

Unicode Properties

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