U+CC48 "챈" Hangul Syllable Caen Unicode Character
U+CC48 "챈" Hangul Syllable Caen is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system Hangul, representing the sound "chaen." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅊ (chieut), the vowel ㅐ (ae), and the final consonant ㄴ (nieun), making it part of the standard syllabic block structure used in Hangul orthography. This character is included in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes a vast majority of phonologically valid syllables in the Korean language. In practical use, "챈" appears in various Korean words and names, though it is less common than more frequently used syllables. Its encoding follows the Unicode standard pattern of mapping each Hangul syllable to a unique code point based on its constituent jamo (letters), facilitating consistent representation and text processing across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CC48 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Caen |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "채" U+CC44 Hangul Syllable Cae "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 챈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 챈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB1 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCC48 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CC48 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucc48 |