U+C783 "잃" Hangul Syllable Ilh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
잃
U+C783 "잃" Hangul Syllable Ilh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ilh." This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅇ" (ieung, which is silent in this position), the vowel "ㅣ" (i), and the final consonant cluster "ㄹㅎ" (rieul and hieuh), resulting in a syllable that carries the meaning of "loss" or "to lose" as found in words like "잃다" (ilhda, to lose). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, "잃" is encoded as a single character for efficient text processing and display, enabling accurate representation of Korean text in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C783 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ilh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "이" U+C774 Hangul Syllable I "ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 잃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 잃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9E 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC783 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C783 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc783 |