U+CA39 "쨹" Hangul Syllable Jjyaelg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CA39 "쨹" Hangul Syllable Jjyaelg is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used to write the Korean language, representing the phonetic sound "jjyaelg" which combines the initial consonant "jj" (a tense, doubled form of the Korean j sound), the medial vowel "yae" (a combination of the y sound and the vowel ae), and the final consonant "lg" (the consonant cluster representing an L and G sound). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which includes all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants that are valid in Korean orthography. While the syllable "쨹" is not common in everyday modern Korean vocabulary, it exists as a theoretical and encoded syllable to ensure complete coverage of the Korean writing system, allowing for its potential use in specialized contexts such as linguistic transcription, historical texts, or poetic license.

General Properties

Code Point U+CA39
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jjyaelg
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쨰" U+CA30 Hangul Syllable Jjyae
"ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쨹
HTML Hex Encoding 쨹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA8 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCA39
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CA39
C/C++/Java Escape \uca39

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