U+CC96 "첖" Hangul Syllable Cyaep Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
첖
U+CC96 "첖" Hangul Syllable Cyaep is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing a specific phonetic combination. It consists of the initial consonant "ㅊ" (chieut), the medial vowel "ㅒ" (yae), and the final consonant "ㅍ" (pieup), resulting in the sound "cyaep." While this syllable is not commonly used in standard contemporary Korean vocabulary, it is part of the complete set of logically possible Hangul syllables encoded in Unicode to ensure full coverage of the script. Its inclusion allows for precise digital representation of Korean text, including in historical, dialectal, or technical contexts where such rare syllables might appear.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CC96 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Cyaep |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "챼" U+CC7C Hangul Syllable Cyae "ᇁ" U+11C1 Hangul Jongseong Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 첖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 첖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB2 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCC96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CC96 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucc96 |