U+CD40 "쵀" Hangul Syllable Cwae Unicode Character
U+CD40 "쵀" Hangul Syllable Cwae is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "cwae" (pronounced like the English "chwe" with a short, clipped vowel). It is formed from the initial consonant ㅊ (chieut), the medial vowel ㅙ (wae), and no final consonant, belonging to the Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00 to U+D7AF) in the Unicode standard. This character is used in written Korean for words or names that contain this specific syllable, such as in the verb 쬐다 meaning to expose or face something toward the sun, though it is relatively less common than other Hangul syllables. Its inclusion ensures that Korean text can be represented accurately and consistently across digital platforms without requiring dynamic composition from individual jamo characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CD40 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Cwae |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄎ" U+110E Hangul Choseong Chieuch "ᅫ" U+116B Hangul Jungseong Wae |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쵀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쵀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB5 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCD40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CD40 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucd40 |