U+CA72 "쩲" Hangul Syllable Jjelm Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쩲
U+CA72 "쩲" Hangul Syllable Jjelm is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "jjelm" which is formed by combining the initial consonant jje (ㅉ), the vowel eo (ㅓ), and the final consonant lm (ㄻ). This specific syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains all possible precomposed syllables for the Korean alphabet, and it is used in written Korean to represent a distinct lexical unit, though it is relatively uncommon in everyday vocabulary. The character's encoding ensures that it can be consistently represented across different digital platforms and fonts, preserving the precise orthographic and phonetic structure of the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CA72 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jjelm |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쩨" U+CA68 Hangul Syllable Jje "ᆱ" U+11B1 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쩲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쩲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA9 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCA72 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CA72 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uca72 |