U+CA45 "쩅" Hangul Syllable Jjyaeng Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CA45 "쩅" Hangul Syllable Jjyaeng is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "jjyaeng." It is formed by combining the initial consonant jj (a tense or fortis version of the alveolar affricate "j") with the medial vowel "yae" and the final consonant "ng." This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all 11,172 possible combinations of initial, medial, and final jamo in the Korean alphabet. While not as common as some other syllables, "쩅" appears in certain Korean words, particularly in descriptive or onomatopoeic contexts, adding precise phonetic detail to the language's rich syllabary.

General Properties

Code Point U+CA45
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jjyaeng
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
"ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쩅
HTML Hex Encoding 쩅
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA9 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCA45
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CA45
C/C++/Java Escape \uca45

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