U+CA01 "쨁" Hangul Syllable Jjaelg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CA01 "쨁" Hangul Syllable Jjaelg is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "jjaelg." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅉ (jj, a tense affricate), the vowel ㅐ (ae), and the final consonant ㄹㄱ (lg, a double coda). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character exists to encode the vast set of phonetic syllable blocks used in Korean text, allowing for efficient digital representation of the language. While it is a valid and defined syllable, it is rarely used in everyday Korean vocabulary, making it an obscure but structurally legitimate component of the Hangul repertoire.

General Properties

Code Point U+CA01
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jjaelg
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "째" U+C9F8 Hangul Syllable Jjae
"ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쨁
HTML Hex Encoding 쨁
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA8 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCA01
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CA01
C/C++/Java Escape \uca01

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