U+CD1B "촛" Hangul Syllable Cos Unicode Character
U+CD1B "촛" Hangul Syllable Cos is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the Korean sound "cos." It is formed by combining the initial consonant 'ㅊ' (chieut), the vowel 'ㅗ' (o), and the final consonant 'ㅅ' (siot), which together create the syllable block "촛." This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible modern Korean syllable combinations in a standardized way for digital text processing. In practical usage, "촛" appears in Korean vocabulary and can be found, for example, in the word "촛불" meaning "candlelight," where it serves as a morpheme denoting the concept of a candle. Its encoding ensures consistent representation across different systems and platforms for the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CD1B |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Cos |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "초" U+CD08 Hangul Syllable Co "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 촛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 촛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB4 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCD1B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CD1B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucd1b |