U+C537 "씷" Hangul Syllable Ssilh Unicode Character
U+C537 "씷" Hangul Syllable Ssilh is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ssilh" composed of the initial consonant Ss (ㅆ), the vowel I (ㅣ), and the final consonant Lh (ㅀ). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants in a single codepoint for efficient digital text processing. It is used in written Korean to form words, though it is relatively uncommon in modern vocabulary, appearing more often in historical or technical linguistic contexts. The syllable's structure follows the standard Korean orthographic rules, where the double consonant "ㅆ" indicates a tensed or fortis pronunciation, and the complex final "ㅀ" represents a double consonant that may be pronounced differently depending on its phonetic environment.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C537 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssilh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "씨" U+C528 Hangul Syllable Ssi "ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 씷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 씷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x94 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC537 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C537 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc537 |