U+C53B "씻" Hangul Syllable Ssis Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
씻
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 |