U+CE61 "칡" Hangul Syllable Cilg Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
칡
U+CE61 "칡" Hangul Syllable Cilg is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used for the Korean language, representing the sound "chilg" or "cilg." This character is formed from the initial consonant ㅊ (chieut), the vowel ㅣ (i), and the final consonant ㄺ (rieul-giyeok), which together create a single, indivisible syllable block. In practical usage, "칡" is most commonly known as the Korean word for the kudzu vine, a climbing, fast‑growing plant, and it appears in various everyday terms such as "칡뿌리" (kudzu root). As a Unified Hangul Code point, it falls within the Hangul Syllables block of the Unicode Standard and was encoded as part of the complete modern Korean syllabary set.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CE61 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Cilg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "치" U+CE58 Hangul Syllable Ci "ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 칡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 칡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB9 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCE61 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CE61 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uce61 |