U+CBE0 "쯠" Hangul Syllable Jjeuls Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CBE0 "쯠" Hangul Syllable Jjeuls is a precomposed syllable representing a single block in the modern Korean writing system, formed from the initial consonant "ㅉ" (jj), the medial vowel "ㅡ" (eu), and the final consonant cluster "ㄹㅅ" (ls), which is pronounced as a tense, unaspirated "jj" sound, a close back unrounded vowel, and a final release through an "l" followed by an "s" sound. This specific syllable is not among the most common in everyday Korean usage but is part of the full Hangul syllable inventory, allowing for the precise orthographic representation of sounds that occur in certain Korean words or transcriptions. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text systems can correctly render this and all other valid Hangul syllables, preserving the linguistic integrity of written Korean across platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+CBE0
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jjeuls
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쯔" U+CBD4 Hangul Syllable Jjeu
"ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쯠
HTML Hex Encoding 쯠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xAF 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCBE0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CBE0
C/C++/Java Escape \ucbe0

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