U+CAF8 "쫸" Hangul Syllable Jjwaen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쫸
U+CAF8 "쫸" Hangul Syllable Jjwaen is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "jj" (쫀), the medial vowel "wae" (ㅙ), and the final consonant "n" (ㄴ). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations in the Korean alphabet. This character is used in the Korean language to represent a specific phonetic sound, though it is relatively rare in everyday vocabulary compared to more common syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately render and process this and other composite Korean syllables.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CAF8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jjwaen |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쫴" U+CAF4 Hangul Syllable Jjwae "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쫸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쫸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xAB 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCAF8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CAF8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucaf8 |