U+C501 "씁" Hangul Syllable Sseub Unicode Character
U+C501 "씁" Hangul Syllable Sseub is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the Korean sound "sseub." It is formed from the initial consonant ㅆ (ssang shiot), the medial vowel ㅡ (eu), and the final consonant ㅂ (bieup), combining both phonetic and orthographic elements of the Korean writing system. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes over 11,000 logically assembled syllabic blocks to support the Korean language. In modern Korean usage, "씁" appears in various words and verb conjugations, such as the written form of the verb "쓰다" (to write or use) when combined with certain grammatical endings. Its encoding allows for precise digital representation and processing of Korean text across different platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C501 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sseub |
| 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 "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 씁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 씁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x94 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC501 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C501 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc501 |