U+C791 "작" Hangul Syllable Jag Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
작
U+C791 "작" Hangul Syllable Jag is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, representing the Korean sound /tɕak/. It is formed from the initial consonant ᄌ (j) and the medial vowel ᅡ (a), combined with the final consonant ᄀ (k), and it appears in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block. This character is commonly used in the Korean language, appearing in words such as "작업" (jageop) meaning work or task, and "작다" (jakda) meaning to be small. As a standard encoded character, it facilitates the digital representation and processing of Korean text across various platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C791 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jag |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "자" U+C790 Hangul Syllable Ja "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 작 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 작 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9E 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC791 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C791 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc791 |