U+CC48 "챈" Hangul Syllable Caen Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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