U+C7A9 "잩" Hangul Syllable Jat Unicode Character
U+C7A9 "잩" Hangul Syllable Jat is a precomposed Hangul syllable that represents the sound "jat" in the Korean writing system. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅈ" (jieut), the vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant "ㅌ" (tieut), which together create a single block character. This syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which was designed to encode the 11,172 possible modern Korean syllables in a straightforward, one-to-one mapping. While "잩" is a valid and standardized syllable, it is considered rare or non-standard as a standalone word in everyday Korean vocabulary, often appearing only in specialized linguistic contexts or as part of larger compound forms. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all theoretical combinations of Hangul jamo (letters) can be represented digitally, supporting accurate text processing and rendering for the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C7A9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jat |
| 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 "ᇀ" U+11C0 Hangul Jongseong Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 잩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 잩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9E 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC7A9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C7A9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc7a9 |