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쵈

hangul syllable cwael

Hangul syllable 쵈

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쵈 is a Korean syllable whose meaning comes from its word. A Korean input method joins ㅊ, ㅙ and ㄹ into one block.

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What 쵈 means

Alone, 쵈 is a syllable, not a complete word.

The jamo (Hangul letters) in 쵈 are ㅊ at the start, ㅙ as its vowel, and ㄹ at the end.

Hangul's block design dates to the 15th century. King Sejong created a sound-based way to write Korean, easier to learn than Chinese-character methods. Hunminjeongeum, a guide to the alphabet, appeared in 1446.

No independent tone; the Korean word sets it.

Alone, it may be one syllable of a longer word.

Who writes 쵈

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Questions people ask

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Why does 쵈 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type or find 쵈

Search it as
쵈 meaning · type 쵈 · 쵈 jamo
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType CD48, then AltX to get 쵈.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hangul syllable cwael”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType cd48, then Enter or Space.
HTML
쵈
CSS
\CD48
Standard Korean keyboard
To type 쵈, activate Korean input and enter chof: c gives ㅊ, h o forms ㅙ, and f gives ㄹ; the IME joins them.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
쵈
HTML hex
쵈
CSS content
content: "\CD48";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%B5%88
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols