U+C7A8 "잨" Hangul Syllable Jak Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
잨
U+C7A8 "잨" Hangul Syllable Jak is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅈ" (j) and the vowel "ㅏ" (a) with the final consonant "ㅋ" (k). This syllable belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean jamo characters into single codepoints for efficient text representation. It represents the phonetic sound "jak" and is used in Korean language writing, though it is not one of the most common syllables in everyday Korean vocabulary. The character’s inclusion in Unicode ensures its consistent display across digital platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C7A8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jak |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 잨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 잨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9E 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC7A8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C7A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc7a8 |