U+C51C "씜" Hangul Syllable Ssyim Unicode Character
U+C51C "씜" Hangul Syllable Ssyim is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the sound "ssyim" and formed by combining the initial consonant cluster "ㅆ" (a double "s"), the medial vowel "ㅣ" (pronounced "ee"), and the final consonant "ㅁ" (pronounced "m"). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes all possible modern syllabic combinations of Korean letters in a standardized order for digital text processing. While "씜" is a valid and properly formed syllable, it is an extremely rare or virtually unused character in contemporary Korean language, as it does not correspond to a common word or morpheme in standard vocabulary. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that any theoretically possible Hangul syllable can be represented and displayed, supporting the comprehensive encoding of the Korean writing system across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C51C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssyim |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 씜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 씜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x94 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC51C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C51C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc51c |