U+C53D "씽" Hangul Syllable Ssing Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C53D "씽" Hangul Syllable Ssing is a precomposed syllable from the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ssing." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅆ" (ssangssi, a double s sound) with the medial vowel "ㅣ" (i) and the final consonant "ㅇ" (ieung, which provides a nasal consonant ending). This character falls within the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which contains over 11,000 precomposed syllables that cover the vast majority of possible Korean syllable combinations. In the Korean language, "씽" may appear in various words, often in informal expressions or loanword spellings, though it is less common than other syllables in standard vocabulary.

General Properties

Code Point U+C53D
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ssing
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
"ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 씽
HTML Hex Encoding 씽
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x94 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC53D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C53D
C/C++/Java Escape \uc53d

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