U+CA3F "쨿" Hangul Syllable Jjyaelh Unicode Character
U+CA3F "쨿" Hangul Syllable Jjyaelh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing a phonetic combination of the initial consonant "jj" (a tensed or fortis sound similar to a sharp "j" in English, written as 쨔 in its simpler form) and the final consonant "lh" (a liquid sound pronounced as an "l" followed by an "h" in the coda position). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic blocks formed by combining Korean jamo (letters) according to the rules of the Hangul script. As a precomposed syllable, it allows for efficient text processing and display in digital environments, though it is not commonly used in everyday modern Korean vocabulary, appearing instead in more specialized or historical linguistic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CA3F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jjyaelh |
| 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 "ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쨿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쨿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA8 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCA3F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CA3F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uca3f |