U+CD77 "쵷" Hangul Syllable Coeh Unicode Character
U+CD77 "쵷" Hangul Syllable Coeh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "chweh" as a combination of the initial consonant ㅊ (chieut), the medial vowel ㅚ (oe), and the final consonant ㅎ (hieut). This character was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the Hangul Syllables block (AC00-D7AF) to support the comprehensive encoding of all possible Korean syllable blocks, which are formed by systematically combining initial, medial, and final jamo components. While "쵷" is a valid and correctly formed syllable according to the rules of Hangul orthography, it is a rare or unused character in practical modern Korean, as its pronunciation corresponds to no common lexical word. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that any Korean text, regardless of frequency of use, can be digitally represented without loss of information.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CD77 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Coeh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "최" U+CD5C Hangul Syllable Coe "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쵷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쵷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB5 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCD77 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CD77 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucd77 |