U+CE08 "츈" Hangul Syllable Cyun Unicode Character
U+CE08 "츈" Hangul Syllable Cyun is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language. It represents the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅊ" (chieut), the medial vowel "ㅠ" (yu), and the final consonant "ㄴ" (nieun), resulting in the sound "cyun" as pronounced in Korean. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable blocks formed by combining initial consonants, medial vowels, and optional final consonants in the Korean writing system. While "츈" is a valid and recognized syllable in Korean phonology, it is relatively rare in everyday vocabulary, appearing mainly in specific contexts such as transliterations of foreign words or in certain proper nouns.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CE08 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Cyun |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "츄" U+CE04 Hangul Syllable Cyu "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 츈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 츈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB8 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCE08 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CE08 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uce08 |