U+C7AB "잫" Hangul Syllable Jah Unicode Character
U+C7AB "잫" Hangul Syllable Jah is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅈ" (jieut, pronounced as an aspirated or tense "j" sound) with the vowel "ㅏ" (a, like the "a" in "father") and the final consonant "ㅎ" (hieut, representing an "h" sound). This character represents a specific phonetic block in Korean orthography, where letters are grouped syllabically rather than linearly, though the syllable "잫" is relatively rare in contemporary Korean vocabulary and appears primarily in technical linguistic contexts or as part of archaic or specialized terms. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures consistent digital representation across platforms for texts requiring this particular Hangul form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C7AB |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jah |
| 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 "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 잫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 잫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9E 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC7AB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C7AB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc7ab |