U+C517 "씗" Hangul Syllable Ssyilb Unicode Character
U+C517 "씗" Hangul Syllable Ssyilb is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅆ" (ss), the medial vowel "ㅣ" (i), and the final consonant "ㄼ" (lb). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes complete syllable blocks systematically. While the syllable "씗" is a valid and defined combination according to Korean orthography, it is not commonly used in standard modern Korean vocabulary and would primarily appear in specialized linguistic contexts, transliteration, or novel word formation. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all possible syllable forms in the Hangul writing system can be digitally represented and processed across different platforms and applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C517 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssyilb |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "씌" U+C50C Hangul Syllable Ssyi "ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 씗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 씗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x94 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC517 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C517 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc517 |