U+CDA8 "춨" Hangul Syllable Cuss Unicode Character
U+CDA8 "춨" Hangul Syllable Cuss is a precomposed character representing a single syllable in the modern Korean writing system, formed from the initial consonant ㅊ (chieut), the vowel ㅜ (u), and the final consonant ㅆ (ssang ssiot). This combination produces the sound "chuss" and falls within the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllables of the Korean alphabet systematically. Although it is a valid and legitimate part of the Hangul inventory, the syllable "춨" is extremely rare in contemporary Korean vocabulary and primarily serves as a testament to the comprehensive encoding of the script rather than as a commonly used word. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that any text containing this syllable can be faithfully represented and processed across digital platforms, preserving the full orthographic range of the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CDA8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Cuss |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "추" U+CD94 Hangul Syllable Cu "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 춨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 춨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB6 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCDA8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CDA8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucda8 |