U+C7AF "잯" Hangul Syllable Jaegs Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
잯
U+C7AF "잯" Hangul Syllable Jaegs is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅈ" (j), the medial vowel "ㅐ" (ae), and the final consonant "ㄳ" (gs). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is encoded as a single character rather than being dynamically composed from individual jamo components, which facilitates consistent text processing and display across digital platforms. This particular syllable is relatively uncommon in everyday Korean vocabulary, but it is a valid and properly formed unit that can appear in specialized or historical linguistic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C7AF |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jaegs |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "재" U+C7AC Hangul Syllable Jae "ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 잯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 잯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9E 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC7AF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C7AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc7af |