U+C538 "씸" Hangul Syllable Ssim Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
씸
U+C538 "씸" Hangul Syllable Ssim is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ssim." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅆ (ssang shiot, a doubled s sound) with the vowel ㅣ (i) and the final consonant ㅁ (mieum), resulting in a single glyph encoded for efficient text processing. This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which contains all possible precomposed combinations of Korean initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants. In standard South Korean orthography, "씸" is used in words such as "씸하다" (to think deeply) and appears in various lexical contexts related to thought, contemplation, or chewing actions in certain dialects.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C538 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ssim |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 씸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 씸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x94 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC538 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C538 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc538 |