U+C539 "씹" Hangul Syllable Ssib Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C539 "씹" Hangul Syllable Ssib is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the Korean sound "ssib". It is formed from the initial consonant “ㅆ” (ssang shiot) and the vowel “ㅣ” (i) with the final consonant “ㅂ” (bieup), and it is used in writing the Korean language. In modern Korean, this syllable has a specific and notably vulgar meaning as it is the standard spelling for the word that translates to a highly offensive term for sexual intercourse, although it may appear in other contexts such as transliterations or archaic usage.

General Properties

Code Point U+C539
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ssib
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
"ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 씹
HTML Hex Encoding 씹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x94 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC539
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C539
C/C++/Java Escape \uc539

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter