U+CD5B "쵛" Hangul Syllable Cwaeh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CD5B "쵛" Hangul Syllable Cwaeh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅊ" (chieut), the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae), and the final consonant "ㅎ" (hieut). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes complete syllable blocks to support the efficient rendering of the Korean writing system. Its pronunciation can be approximated as "chwaet" in English, though it is a relatively rare or archaic syllable in contemporary Korean usage, often appearing in specialized or historical contexts rather than common vocabulary.

General Properties

Code Point U+CD5B
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Cwaeh
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쵀" U+CD40 Hangul Syllable Cwae
"ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쵛
HTML Hex Encoding 쵛
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xB5 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCD5B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CD5B
C/C++/Java Escape \ucd5b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter