U+CCBC "첼" Hangul Syllable Cel Unicode Character
U+CCBC "첼" Hangul Syllable Cel is a precomposed syllabic block representing the Korean sound "cel," formed from the initial consonant ㅊ (chieut), the medial vowel ㅔ (e), and the final consonant ㄹ (rieul). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which was designed to encode the modern Korean alphabet in a complete, single-character form for each possible syllable combination, rather than requiring separate encoding of individual jamo components. In practical usage, "첼" appears in Korean text as a legitimate syllable, though it is relatively uncommon and often found in transliterations of foreign words, such as the name "Chelsea" or similar terms, where it helps represent the phonetic approximation of non-Korean sounds. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent representation and processing across digital systems, supporting the accurate display and manipulation of the Korean written language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CCBC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Cel |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "체" U+CCB4 Hangul Syllable Ce "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 첼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 첼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB2 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCCBC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CCBC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uccbc |