U+CA40 "쩀" Hangul Syllable Jjyaem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쩀
U+CA40 "쩀" Hangul Syllable Jjyaem is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing a combination of the initial consonant "jj" (a tensed or double "j" sound akin to the 'jj' in "jjajangmyeon"), the medial vowel "yae" (a combination of a 'y' glide and the vowel 'ae'), and the final consonant "m." This character is part of the modern Korean writing system, which organizes syllables into blocks based on initial, medial, and final characters, and it is used in the Korean language for writing words such as 쩀 (jjyaem), though it is a less common syllable in everyday vocabulary. Its encoding in the Unicode standard ensures consistent digital representation across platforms for text processing and display.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CA40 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jjyaem |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쩀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쩀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA9 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCA40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CA40 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uca40 |