U+CB3B "쬻" Hangul Syllable Jjyolh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CB3B "쬻" Hangul Syllable Jjyolh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "jjyeol" or "jjyolh" depending on romanization conventions. It is formed from the initial consonant ㅉ (jj), the medial vowel ㅛ (yo), and the final consonant ㅀ (lh), which combines the sounds of ㄹ (l) and ㅎ (h). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean lead vowels, medial vowels, and tail consonants to facilitate digital text processing and display. While it is a valid syllable in the Korean alphabet, it is extremely rare in actual usage and appears primarily in specialized or historical linguistic contexts rather than common modern vocabulary.

General Properties

Code Point U+CB3B
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jjyolh
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쬬" U+CB2C Hangul Syllable Jjyo
"ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쬻
HTML Hex Encoding 쬻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xAC 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCB3B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CB3B
C/C++/Java Escape \ucb3b

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