U+CA23 "쨣" Hangul Syllable Jjyalh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쨣
U+CA23 "쨣" Hangul Syllable Jjyalh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "jj" (ㅉ), the medial vowel "ya" (ㅑ), and the final consonant "lh" (ㅀ). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic blocks formed from the Korean alphabet. The syllable "쨣" is used in written Korean to denote a specific sound that occurs in certain words, though it is not among the most common syllables in everyday usage. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital text can accurately represent the full range of Korean phonology and orthography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CA23 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jjyalh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쨔" U+CA14 Hangul Syllable Jjya "ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쨣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쨣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA8 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCA23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CA23 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uca23 |