U+CC30 "찰" Hangul Syllable Cal Unicode Character
U+CC30 "찰" Hangul Syllable Cal is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "cal" as pronounced in Standard Korean. It is formed from the initial consonant ㅊ (chieut) and the vowel ㅏ (a) combined with the final consonant ㄹ (rieul), which together correspond to the phonetic value of a tensed and aspirated "ch" sound that transitions into an "l" sound. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which systematically encodes all possible syllable combinations of the Korean alphabet, and it is used in Korean text to write words such as "찰" meaning "sticky" or "to stick" depending on context. By providing a single codepoint for this common syllable, Unicode ensures efficient representation and rendering in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CC30 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Cal |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "차" U+CC28 Hangul Syllable Ca "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 찰 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 찰 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB0 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCC30 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CC30 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucc30 |