U+C500 "씀" Hangul Syllable Sseum Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
씀
U+C500 "씀" Hangul Syllable Sseum is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "sseum." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅆ (ssang shiot), the medial vowel ㅡ (eu), and the final consonant ㅁ (mieum). In the Korean language, this syllable can function as a noun meaning "writing" or "composition," derived from the verb 쓰다 (sseuda, "to write"), often appearing in contexts related to documents, literature, or calligraphy. As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, it is encoded for digital text representation, enabling consistent display and processing across modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C500 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sseum |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쓰" U+C4F0 Hangul Syllable Sseu "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 씀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 씀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x94 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC500 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C500 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc500 |