U+CE42 "칂" Hangul Syllable Cyinh Unicode Character
U+CE42 "칂" Hangul Syllable Cyinh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system Hangul, representing the phoneme combination of the initial consonant "ㅊ" (chieut) and the medial vowel "ㅣ" (i) followed by the final consonant "ㄶ" (nh). This specific syllable, romanized as "cyinh," is formed according to the standard Hangul syllabic block structure, where the initial and medial characters occupy the upper portion and the final consonant sits below. While it is a valid Unicode encoding in the Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00 to U+D7AF), "칂" is not commonly used in everyday modern Korean vocabulary, as it represents a rare or theoretical sound combination rather than a frequently encountered word. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all possible precomposed Hangul syllables, including those with complex final clusters like "ㄶ," are digitally representable for historical, linguistic, or specialized textual purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CE42 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Cyinh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "츼" U+CE3C Hangul Syllable Cyi "ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 칂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 칂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB9 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCE42 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CE42 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uce42 |