U+CDF1 "췱" Hangul Syllable Cwilg Unicode Character
U+CDF1 "췱" Hangul Syllable Cwilg is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, used to write the Korean language. It represents the sound “cwilg” which is formed by combining the initial consonant “ㅊ” (chieut), the medial vowel “ㅟ” (wi), and the final consonant “ㄺ” (rieul-giyeok). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character allows for the direct encoding of a specific phonetic unit without requiring separate combining of its individual jamo components. While it is a valid and defined character in the Unicode Standard, it is relatively rare in everyday Korean text, as the syllable “췯” with a different final consonant is more common, and “췱” itself appears mainly in specialized or archaic vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all such precomposed Hangul syllables, regardless of frequency, are available for accurate digital representation and processing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CDF1 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Cwilg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "취" U+CDE8 Hangul Syllable Cwi "ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 췱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 췱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB7 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCDF1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CDF1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucdf1 |