U+3149 "ㅉ" Hangul Letter Ssangcieuc Unicode Character

U+3149 "ㅉ" Hangul Letter Ssangcieuc is a single character representing a doubled or tense variant of the Korean consonant "ㅈ," specifically found in the ancient and modern Korean writing system known as Hangul. This character denotes a fortis sound, meaning it is pronounced with a stiff, tense airflow, similar to the "j" sound in English but produced with a tightened throat and no aspiration. In standard modern Korean orthography, the letter "ㅉ" is typically used as an initial consonant in syllables, appearing in words like "짜다" (to be salty) or "찌다" (to steam), and its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text processing systems can correctly handle this essential component of the Korean alphabet.

General Properties

Code Point	U+3149
Version Added	1.1
Name	Hangul Letter Ssangcieuc
Unicode 1.0 Name	Hangul Letter Ssang Jieuj
Block	Hangul Compatibility Jamo
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Compat
Decomposition Mapping	"ᄍ" U+110D Hangul Choseong Ssangcieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ㅉ
HTML Hex Encoding	ㅉ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE3 0x85 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x3149
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00003149
C/C++/Java Escape	\u3149

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"ᄍ" U+110D Hangul Choseong Ssangcieuc
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ᄍ" U+110D Hangul Choseong Ssangcieuc
Script	Hangul
Script Extensions	Hangul
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	OLetter