U+CA4B "쩋" Hangul Syllable Jjyaeh Unicode Character
U+CA4B "쩋" Hangul Syllable Jjyaeh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, formed by combining the initial consonant “ㅉ” (a tense, doubled sound similar to “jj”), the medial vowel “ㅒ” (a diphthong starting with a short “y” sound and gliding to “ae”), and the final consonant “ㅎ” (the aspirated “h” sound). This specific syllable, while part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, is considered obsolete or extremely rare in contemporary Korean usage, as its phonetic combination of a tense initial, the vowel “ㅒ,” and a final “ㅎ” does not typically appear in standard Korean morphology or common vocabulary. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard, which systematically encodes 11,172 possible Hangul syllables, ensures full coverage of the syllabic block's theoretical inventory, preserving a potential form for historical or specialized linguistic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CA4B |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jjyaeh |
| 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 "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쩋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쩋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA9 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCA4B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CA4B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uca4b |