U+CC5B "챛" Hangul Syllable Caec Unicode Character
U+CC5B "챛" Hangul Syllable Caec is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the sound "caec" as it appears in the block of Hangul syllables beginning with the consonant "ㅊ" (chieut) and containing the vowel "ㅐ" (ae) followed by the final consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk). This specific syllable is part of the unified Hangul block within Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants to support the systematic and phonetic nature of Korean text. The character occupies a singular code point in the Unicode Standard, ensuring consistent digital representation across platforms and devices for accurate rendering of written Korean. Its existence facilitates the proper display of words or names that require this particular phonetic cluster, though it is not among the most frequently used syllables in everyday Korean vocabulary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CC5B |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Caec |
| 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 "ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 챛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 챛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB1 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCC5B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CC5B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucc5b |