U+C50C "씌" Hangul Syllable Ssyi Unicode Character
U+C50C "씌" Hangul Syllable Ssyi is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ssyi," which is a tensed or reinforced pronunciation of the syllable that would otherwise be written with a plain "s" initial consonant. This character is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅆ (ssang siot, a doubled 's' character indicating a tense sound) with the medial vowel ㅢ (ui, a compound vowel pronounced as a combination of 'u' and 'i') and no final consonant, rendering it as a single encoded entity within the Unicode Hangul Syllables block. It is used primarily in standard Korean vocabulary where the tense "ss" preceding the "ui" vowel occurs, often found in specific words or proper names, and its inclusion in Unicode facilitates accurate digital representation and text processing for the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C50C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssyi |
| 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 "ᅴ" U+1174 Hangul Jungseong Yi |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 씌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 씌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x94 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC50C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C50C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc50c |