U+CAFB "쫻" Hangul Syllable Jjwaed Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CAFB "쫻" Hangul Syllable Jjwaed is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant “jj” (ㅉ), the medial vowel “wae” (ㅙ), and the final consonant “d” (ㄷ). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it represents a phonetic unit used in the Korean language, though it is a relatively rare syllable with limited frequency in standard modern Korean vocabulary. The character encodes a single sound block that demonstrates the systematic and efficient design of Hangul, where individual jamo (letters) are arranged into syllabic clusters to represent spoken language.

General Properties

Code Point U+CAFB
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jjwaed
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
"ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쫻
HTML Hex Encoding 쫻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xAB 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCAFB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CAFB
C/C++/Java Escape \ucafb

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