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췘

hangul syllable cwels

Hangul syllable 췘

췘 is a Hangul syllable block; Korean context supplies its meaning. A Korean IME combines an opening consonant, vowel, and ending into one block.

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췘 meaning · type 췘 · Korean IME
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What 췘 means

Its meaning depends on the Korean word or context around it.

Hangul is Korean writing, built from syllable blocks. 췘 has an opening consonant, a vowel, and a two-consonant ending.

The same syllable can be stored as one character or an equivalent letter sequence; fonts may place strokes differently.

How does 췘 fit Hangul's history?

Its block pattern follows Hangul's early design.

Hunminjeongeum, the Korean script, is recorded in 1443; an explanatory book appeared in 1446. It was designed to write spoken Korean. Korean spelling simplified many final clusters after the 16th century, but ㄽ remains a possible modern ending.

Questions people ask

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Why does 췘 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 췘

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType CDD8, then Alt+X to get 췘.
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 cwels”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType cdd8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
췘
CSS
\CDD8
Korean keyboard
A Korean IME combines ㅊ + ㅞ + ㄽ into 췘 as you type.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
췘
HTML hex
췘
CSS content
content: "\CDD8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%B7%98
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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

2

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols