U+C509 "씉" Hangul Syllable Sseut Unicode Character
U+C509 "씉" Hangul Syllable Sseut is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, representing the Korean sound "sseut" formed by combining the initial consonant ᄊ (ssang siot) with the vowel ᅳ (eu) and the final consonant ᅌ (ssang ieung). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which systematically encodes all 11,172 possible syllables of the Korean alphabet based on their initial, medial, and final components. While the syllable "씉" is a valid linguistic construction, it is rarely used in standard modern Korean vocabulary, often appearing only in transliterations or specialized contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures full script support for the Korean writing system, maintaining consistency across digital platforms for encoding and rendering such rare or theoretical syllables.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C509 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Sseut |
| 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 "ᇀ" U+11C0 Hangul Jongseong Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 씉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 씉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x94 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC509 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C509 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc509 |