U+CC99 "척" Hangul Syllable Ceog Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
척
U+CC99 "척" Hangul Syllable Ceog is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "cheok" when pronounced. It is formed from the initial consonant ㅊ (chieut), the vowel ㅓ (eo), and the final consonant ㄱ (giyeok). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is widely used in written Korean to form words and expressions, such as in the noun "척" meaning "pretence" or "appearance" in common vocabulary. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures consistent digital representation and interoperability across different platforms and devices for Korean language text processing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CC99 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ceog |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "처" U+CC98 Hangul Syllable Ceo "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 척 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 척 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB2 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCC99 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CC99 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucc99 |