U+C538 "씸" Hangul Syllable Ssim Unicode Character
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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
Name
Hangul Syllable Ssim
Decomposition Mapping
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
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hangul