U+C53B "씻" Hangul Syllable Ssis Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C53B "씻" Hangul Syllable Ssis is a precomposed syllable in the Korean writing system, representing a single block that combines the initial consonant "ㅆ" (ss), the vowel "ㅣ" (i), and the final consonant "ㅅ" (t), resulting in the phonetic value /ɕ͈it/. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible modern Korean syllable combinations in a single code point for efficient text processing. In practical use, "씻" appears in Korean words related to washing or cleaning, such as the verb "씻다" (to wash), reflecting its role in everyday language for actions like scrubbing or rinsing.

General Properties

Code Point U+C53B
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ssis
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
"ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 씻
HTML Hex Encoding 씻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x94 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC53B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C53B
C/C++/Java Escape \uc53b

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