U+CD33 "촳" Hangul Syllable Cwalh Unicode Character
U+CD33 "촳" Hangul Syllable Cwalh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic compound of the initial consonant 'ㅊ' (chieut), the medial vowel 'ㅘ' (wa), and the final consonant 'ㅀ' (rieul-hieut). This syllable is formed according to the standard Hangul syllabic block structure, with the consonant cluster 'ㄹㅎ' in the final position indicating a tensed or aspirated pronunciation at the end of the syllable. In contemporary Korean, the syllable is rarely used in common vocabulary, as the 'ㅀ' final consonant cluster appears in limited words and is typically pronounced with a simplified 'ㄹ' sound in spoken language. The character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations starting from U+AC00, and while it may appear in specialized or historical texts, it holds a niche status within the Korean writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CD33 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Cwalh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "촤" U+CD24 Hangul Syllable Cwa "ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 촳 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 촳 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB4 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCD33 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CD33 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucd33 |