U+C503 "씃" Hangul Syllable Sseus Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C503 "씃" Hangul Syllable Sseus is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, Hangul, formed from the initial consonant cluster "ㅆ" (ss) and the medial vowel "ㅡ" (eu), followed by the final consonant "ㅅ" (s). It represents a valid but relatively uncommon Korean syllable, and its primary use is in the orthographic representation of words or morphemes where this specific phonetic combination occurs. As part of the Unicode Standard's Hangul Syllables block, it allows for direct digital encoding without needing to decompose it into its individual jamo components, thereby ensuring consistent text rendering and processing across different systems and fonts.

General Properties

Code Point U+C503
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Sseus
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
"ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 씃
HTML Hex Encoding 씃
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x94 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC503
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C503
C/C++/Java Escape \uc503

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